{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=November 2021}} '''Ger Feeney''' ({{c.}} 1954 – 10 October 2010) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Mayo county team.
==Personal life== Feeney was a native of Cortoon, Ballintubber, and studied at Ballinafad College. He was a highly regarded GAA player in the 1970s. He won a minor All-Ireland title in 1971 and an U21 winners medal in 1974.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/1478-victims-of-tragedy-named |title=Victims of tragedy named |newspaper=Connaught Telegraph |date=11 October 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331185202/http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/1478-victims-of-tragedy-named |archivedate=31 March 2012 |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> He made his championship debut for Mayo in 1972 against Sligo at McHale Park, Castlebar.{{fact|date=November 2021}}
His sons Richie and Alan Feeney, and his nephew, John Feeney,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mayogaablog.com/?p=5889 |title=Remembering Ger Feeney |author=Willie Joe |website=Mayo GAA Blog |date=11 October 2010 |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> are all members of the Mayo football squad. One of his brothers was a Mayo county secretary, Sean Feeney.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=136886 |title=Mayo mourns Ger Feeney |website=Hoganstand.com |date=11 October 2010 |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref>
==Death== He and his close friend, businessman Donal McEllin, drowned in a boating accident off Inishbofin in October 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/exgaa-star-dies-in-double-drowning-tragedy-off-island-2373648.html |title=Ex-GAA star dies in double drowning tragedy off island |last=McDonald |first=Brian |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=10 November 2010 |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref>
Feeney was survived by his wife Kathleen (''née'' Caden) and their four children, Richie, Alan, Claire and Darragh (14 at the time), who was in St Gerald's College, Castlebar at the time of his father's death.{{fact|date=November 2021}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.rip.ie/death_notices_detail.asp?NoticeID=116751 Death notice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425132539/http://www.rip.ie/death_notices_detail.asp?NoticeID=116751 |date=25 April 2012 }} at RIP.ie
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