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Died | 14 April 2020 | ||
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Years | Club | ||
Stadbally (football) Ratheniska (hurling) | |||
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Years | County | ||
c. 1960s | Laois |
Danny Delaney (died 14 April 2020) was a Gaelic footballer and administrator. He played for Laois and Stradbally during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
He was from Cork Road in Stradbally. [1] With Stradbally, Delaney won both the 1959 and 1963 Laois Intermediate Football Championships. [1] [2] He also played hurling for the Ratheniska team. [1] [2] In 1973, Delaney was elected vice-chairman of the county board under Sean Ramsbottom. [1] Delaney also served as chairman of the Stradbally club. [1] [2]
He died at the Maryborough Centre in Portlaoise of COVID-19 on the morning of 14 April 2020. [1] [2] [3] He had been there for around three weeks, having spent months in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. [4] Delaney was one of nine deaths at the Maryborough Centre over the Easter weekend, reducing the number of residents there by one third. [4] [5] [6] He was buried at Oughaval Cemetery. [6]
His widow later spoke on national television ( Prime Time) of his final months. [5] [4] She told how Delaney had diabetes, kidney failure and " acute syndrome of the heart", and that he had taken a "massive turn" at Christmas which led to brain damage. [5] Then, in the final two weeks, COVID-19 emerged. [5] [6]
Personal information | |||
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Died | 14 April 2020 | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Stadbally (football) Ratheniska (hurling) | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
c. 1960s | Laois |
Danny Delaney (died 14 April 2020) was a Gaelic footballer and administrator. He played for Laois and Stradbally during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
He was from Cork Road in Stradbally. [1] With Stradbally, Delaney won both the 1959 and 1963 Laois Intermediate Football Championships. [1] [2] He also played hurling for the Ratheniska team. [1] [2] In 1973, Delaney was elected vice-chairman of the county board under Sean Ramsbottom. [1] Delaney also served as chairman of the Stradbally club. [1] [2]
He died at the Maryborough Centre in Portlaoise of COVID-19 on the morning of 14 April 2020. [1] [2] [3] He had been there for around three weeks, having spent months in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. [4] Delaney was one of nine deaths at the Maryborough Centre over the Easter weekend, reducing the number of residents there by one third. [4] [5] [6] He was buried at Oughaval Cemetery. [6]
His widow later spoke on national television ( Prime Time) of his final months. [5] [4] She told how Delaney had diabetes, kidney failure and " acute syndrome of the heart", and that he had taken a "massive turn" at Christmas which led to brain damage. [5] Then, in the final two weeks, COVID-19 emerged. [5] [6]