Mark Marnell

Mark Marnell

Personal information
Native name	Marc Ó Mearnáil (Irish)
Born	1926 Danesfort, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died	9 July 1992 (aged 66) Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Occupation	Community Welfare Officer
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Sport
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left corner-back
Club Years Club Danesfort Tullaroan Danesfort-Dunnamaggin Club titles Kilkenny titles 1 Inter-county Years County 1946-1956 Kilkenny Inter-county titles Leinster titles 3 All-Irelands 1 NHL 0

Mark Marnell (1926 - 9 July 1992) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Kilkenny senior team.

Born in Oldtown, Danesfort, County Kilkenny, Marnell first arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team, making his debut in the 1947 championship. Marnell was a regular member of the team over the next few years. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and three Leinster medals.^[1][2] He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.^{[citation needed]}

Marnell also represented the Leinster inter-provincial team, however, he never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he won one championship medal with Tullaroan.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Team

Tullaroan

• Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1948

Kilkenny

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1947
• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1947, 1950, 1953

References

1. "Kilkenny GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
2. "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.