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Rugby player
Shay Deering
Full name Seamus Mary Deering Date of birth (1948-08-05 ) 5 August 1948Place of birth
Dublin , Ireland Date of death 3 November 1988(1988-11-03) (aged 40) Place of death
Mullingar , Co. Westmeath Position(s)
Flanker Years
Team
Apps
(Points) 1974–78
Ireland
8
(0)
Seamus Mary Deering (5 August 1948 – 3 November 1988) was an Irish
rugby union international.
Born in
Dublin , Deering was a son of the 1930s Ireland lock of the same name and a nephew of Ireland player turned politician
Mark Deering . He attended
St Mary's College and captained them to a
Leinster Schools Cup title.
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Deering, a flanker, played for
University College Dublin and
Garryowen . He gained eight caps for
Ireland between 1974 and 1978, captaining the team for his final appearance against the All Blacks at Lansdowne Road.
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A veterinary inspector by profession, Deering died of cancer in 1988, aged 40. The Shay Deering Trophy was named in his honour and is awarded annually to the winner of the Garryowen and St Marys match.
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To 1900
Feb 1875: G.H. Stack
Dec 1875: R.J. Bell
Feb 1877: R. Galbraith
Feb 1877: W.H. Wilson
Mar 1878: R.B. Walkington
1879: W.C. Neville
1880: H.C. Kelly
1881–Jan 1882: A.J. Forrest
Feb 1882: J.W. Taylor
1883: G. Scriven
Feb 1884: J.A. McDonald
Mar 1884: D.F. Moore
Feb 1885: W.G. Rutherford
Mar 1885: A.J. Forrest
Feb 1886: M. Johnston
Feb 1886: J.P. Ross
1887: R.G. Warren
Feb–Mar 1888: H.J. Neill
Dec 1888–90: R.G. Warren
Feb–Mar 1891:
Dolway Walkington
Mar 1891: R. Stevenson
1892:
Victor Le Fanu
1893: Sam Lee
1894:
Edmund Forrest
Feb 1895: J.H. O'Conor
Mar 1895:
Charles Rooke
Mar 1895:
Edmund Forrest
1896: Sam Lee
1897:
Edmund Forrest
Feb 1898: Sam Lee
Feb 1898: G.G. Allen
Mar 1898: W. Gardiner
1899–1900:
Louis Magee
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