Noel McCaffrey is a former

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er who played for the Clontarf club and for the Dublin county team. Noel was awarded an All Star for his performances for Dublin in 1988. He studied medicine and is now a lecturer in the School of Health and Human Performance in

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. McCaffrey worked outside the University of Dublin as a director of Exwell medicine. He was a Sports Medicine Consultant to Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital and a medical consultant to Riverdance.Health & Human Performance - Dr Noel McCaffrey
DCU, Ireland's University of Enterprise He states his research interests are obesity, muscoskeletal injury in athletes, and exercise for special populations. McCaffrey's son

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would later play for Dublin too.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Academics of Dublin City University Clontarf Gaelic footballers Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football backs People from Clontarf, Dublin {{Dublin-gaelic-football-bio-stub