Adrian Fenlon (born 1973) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played with Rapparees Starlights and at inter-county level was a member of the Wexford senior hurling team.

Career

Fenlon first played hurling to a high standard as a student at Enniscorty CBS. He lined out in all grades during his time there and won a Leinster Colleges JBHC title in 1987, following a defeat of Callan CBS in the final. Fenlon was also part of the team beaten by 3-06 to 3-02 by

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in the subsequent All-Ireland final. At club level, Fenlon first played for the Rapparees Starlights club as a

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in the juvenile and underage grades before progressing to adult level. He had his first senior success in 2022 when the club beat Duffry Rovers in a replay to take the Wexford SFC title. Fenlon added a second SFC medal to his collection in 2004 after a defeat of Sarsfields in the final. Fenlon first appeared on the inter-county scene with

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as a member of the minor team in 1991. He later spent an unsuccessful tenure with the under-21 team. Fenlon was still eligible for the under-21 grade when he made his senior team debut in 1993 and quickly became a regular member of the starting fifteen. He won a Leinster SHC medal in 1996, before playing at midfield when Wexford beat

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in the 1996 All-Ireland final. Fenlon ended the season with an

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award. A second Leinster SHC medal followed for Fenlon in 1997, when Wexford retained the title after a defeat of

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. He claimed a third Leinster winner's medal after a defeat of

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in 2004. Fenlon also earned selection for the

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team and won a

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medal in 1998. He confirmed his retirement from inter-county hurling in March 2006.

Honours

;Enniscorthy CBS *Leinster Colleges Junior B Hurling Championship: 1987 ;Rapparees Starlights *

Wexford Senior Football Championship The Wexford Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Wexford GAA clubs. The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1886. The 2024 champions are Castlet ...

: 2002, 2004 ;Wexford *

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hur ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

;Leinster *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

References

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