Willie Fitzmaurice (born 4 December 1946) was a hurler from

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, south of

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, who played with the Limerick teams in the 1970s and 1980s In 1998, he became a county team selector along with former teammates

Éamonn Cregan Éamonn Cregan (born 21 May 1945) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer, hurler and manager. He is best remembered for his success with Limerick, as a player in the 1970s and then as manager of various club and inter-county teams in the 1980s a ...

and

David Punch David Punch (born 12 December 1956 in Patrickswell, County Limerick) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Patrickswell and was a member of the Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in ...

and advocated the retention of the back-door system. He was the parish priest in

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in 2008; as such he celebrated the mass of his deceased niece, Elizabeth Gubbins, who died in the controversial Vernelli hit-and-run case in

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. He is the brother of Limerick hurler

Paudie Fitzmaurice Paudie Fitzmaurice (born 16 November 1949) is a hurler from Killeedy in County Limerick, Ireland, who featured in Limerick hurling teams of the 1970s. Fitzmaurice was part of the Limerick county hurling team which won the All-Ireland in 1973 ...

Hurling style

The Fitzmaurice brothers were noted for their unusual hurling technique: when striking the sliotar, the Fitzmaurice brothers did not bend their elbows, making it difficult for their opponents to hook them.YouTube - 1980 All-Ireland Hurling Final Galway Limerick 2nd half
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References

Living people Limerick inter-county hurlers Killeedy hurlers Munster inter-provincial hurlers 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests 1946 births 21st-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth {{Limerick-hurling-bio-stub