Dave MacSweeney

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David Anthony MacSweeney (26 January 1930 — 26 May 2010) was an Irish international rugby union player.

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Dave MacSweeney
Full nameDavid Anthony MacSweeney
Date of birth(1930-01-26)26 January 1930
Place of birthCappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland
Date of death26 May 2010(2010-05-26) (aged 80)
Place of deathLondon, England
UniversityUniversity of Cambridge
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1955 Ireland 1 (0)
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MacSweeney was born in Cappoquin, County Waterford, and attended Rockwell College.[1]

A wing-forward, MacSweeney gained an Ireland cap against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1955, taking the place of Jim McCarthy.[2] He was a Cambridge blue and played in the varsity team which faced the touring 1957–58 Wallabies.[3]

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