| Full name | Conleth Francis Patrick Feighery | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1946-08-13) 13 August 1946 (age 78) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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.
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.
Feighery, a forward, played for Leinster, Lansdowne and University College Dublin.
See also
References
- 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
- Con Feighery at ESPNscrum
- 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