Ruairí Convery (born 5 January 1984) is a
hurler from
Northern Ireland
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who played as a right wing-forward at senior level for the
Derry county team.
Convery joined the panel during the
2003 National League and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen. Since then he has won two
Nicky Rackard Cup
The Nicky Rackard Cup (; often referred to as the Rackard Cup) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the fourth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champi ...
medals and has ended up as an
Ulster
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runner-up on two occasions.
At club level Convery is a one-time
county club championship medalist with
Swatragh
Swatragh () is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Swatragh is on the main A29 road north of Maghera, and is situated within Mid-Ulster District. The population was 438 in the 2011 Census.
The village has three chur ...
.
References
1984 births
Living people
Derry inter-county hurlers
Swatragh hurlers
Ulster inter-provincial hurlers
21st-century Irish sportsmen
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