Paddy Fenning

Patrick Fenning (25 June 1950 – 15 May 2020) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he enjoyed success with Tullamore and was a two-time All-Ireland Championship winner with the Offaly senior football team.[1]

Paddy Fenning
Personal information
Irish name Páidí Ó Fionnáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left corner-forward
Born 25 June 1950
Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland
Died 15 May 2020 (aged 69)
Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation Sales manager
Club(s)
Years Club
 Tullamore
Club titles
Offaly titles 2
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1969–1980
 Offaly 32 (1–22)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 4
All-Irelands 2
NFL 0
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:41, 15 May 2020.

Playing career

Fenning's inter-county career with Offaly began at underage level and saw him claim Leinster Under-21 Championship medals in 1968 and 1971. He made his senior debut in 1970 in a tournament game played at Wembley Stadium and won his first All-Ireland Championship the following year after coming on as a substitute in the final against Galway. Fenning claimed a second successive winners' medal in 1972 after scoring a goal from 50 yards in the All-Ireland final replay defeat of Kerry. Fenning's 11-season career with the Offaly senior team ended after an All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Kerry in 1980, by which stage he had made a combined total of 91 League and Championship appearances and also claimed four Leinster Championships. He was also selected for the Leinster inter-provincial team, claiming a Railway Cup medal in 1974, and won county senior championship medals in 1973 and 1977 with Tullamore.[2]

Late life and death

In retirement from playing, Fenning became heavily involved in fund-raising for local causes. He was named Offaly Person of the Year in 2011 in recognition of his management of a number of projects, among them helping erase the debt on Tullamore’s GAA social centre; raising €200,000 to purchase a CT scanner for the local hospital as well as supporting an arts centre and municipally-owned swimming pool in Tullamore.

Fenning died aged 69 on 15 May 2020 having been diagnosed with motor neuron disease the previous year.[3][4] He was survived by his wife Kathryn and two children.

Honours
Tullamore
Offaly
Leinster

References
  1. "Paddy Fenning". Hogan Stand. 2 September 1994. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. Barry, Stephen (15 May 2020). "Offaly All-Ireland winner Paddy Fenning passes away after illness". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. Hogan, Vincent (11 January 2020). "'I've accepted it. Like, why not me? Why should it be somebody else?'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  4. Hogan, Vincent (15 May 2020). "Offaly All-Ireland winner Paddy Fenning passes away". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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