Con Feighery
| Full name | Conleth Francis Patrick Feighery | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 August 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Conleth Francis Patrick Feighery (born 13 August 1946) is an Irish professor of immunology and former rugby union international of the 1970s. He is a Fellow Emeritus at Trinity College Dublin.[1]
Born in Dublin, Feighery was capped three times for the Ireland national rugby union team in 1972. His debut match, against France at Stade Yves-du-Manoir, was Ireland's first win in Paris for 20 years.[2]
Feighery, a forward, played for Leinster, Lansdowne and University College Dublin.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ O'Brien, Brendan (23 December 2021). "Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup: Tales of japes, rows, and skulduggery". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "Six Nations: French test passed by class of '72". Belfast Telegraph. 13 February 2010.
- ^ "Five New Caps In Irish Side". Belfast News-Letter. 17 January 1972.
External links
[edit]- Con Feighery at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union players from Dublin (city)
- Leinster Rugby players
- Lansdowne Football Club players
- University College Dublin R.F.C. players
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- Irish scholars and academics
- Academics of Trinity College Dublin