Tim Sweeney (1929 – 1 January 2018) was an Irish sportsman. He played

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with his local club Foneagh and was a member of the

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senior inter-county team between 1949 and 1963.

County

Sweeney played in the All Ireland finals of

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where he played corner forward and was marked by Bobby Rackard and

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. He captained the Tribesmen to their sole victory in the Munster Hurling Championship when they beat Clare in 1961. They won on a scoreline of 2-13 to 0-7 with Sweeney scoring 6 points. He was a member of the Galway team which won the

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title in 1958.

Club

He won back-to-back county titles with Fohenagh in 1959 and 1960. He was on the Fohenagh team which lost the 1963 county final to

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