Al Moroney

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| name = Al Moroney

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| full_name = Thomas Aloysius Moroney

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|07|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kilmihil, Co. Clare, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|02|08|1941|07|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Dublin, Ireland

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| occupation = General practitioner

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| university = University College Dublin

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| position = Prop

| repyears1 = 1964–67

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Ireland}}

| repcaps1 = 3

| reppoints1 = 0

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Thomas Aloysius Moroney (27 July 1941 – 8 February 2012) was an Irish international rugby union player.{{cite news |title=Rugby -- all the news |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/rugby-all-the-news/27815167.html |work=Irish Independent |date=14 February 2012 |language=en}}

Biography

=Rugby career=

A prop, Moroney played his rugby with Ashbourne, Bective Rangers, London Irish and University College Dublin (UCD), while winning three Ireland caps. He debuted against Wales in the 1964 Five Nations and featured twice more in 1967, including a win over Australia at Lansdowne Road.{{cite news |title=Ashbourne presented with Moroney's cap |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/ashbourne-presented-with-moroneys-cap/27816715.html |work=Irish Independent |date=8 May 2012 |language=en}} His association with rugby at UCD continued after he graduated, serving as both coach and president of the club.{{cite news |title=Al Moroney Remembered |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/temp-head/28001523.html |work=Irish Independent |date=24 February 2012 |language=en}} He coached UCD to a Leinster Senior Cup title in 1977.{{cite news |title=Colourful memories undimmed for boys of '66 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002321/19911201/222/0019 |work=Sunday Tribune |date=1 December 1991}}

=Personal life=

Moroney was a general practitioner in Ashbourne, County Meath.{{cite news |title=Solid and rich tradition of rugby in the north east |url=https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2021/03/04/solid-and-rich-tradition-of-rugby-in-the-north-east/ |work=Meath Chronicle |date=4 March 2021}} In 2004, Moroney was found guilty of dangerous driving and sentenced to a nine-month jail term, having caused the death of an 18-year-old DIT student when his car veered into incoming traffic.{{cite news |title=Former rugby international imprisoned for nine months following fatal accident |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/former-rugby-international-imprisoned-for-nine-months-following-fatal-accident/25916016.html |work=Irish Independent |date=25 May 2004 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Doctor jailed for dangerous driving causing death |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/doctor-jailed-for-dangerous-driving-causing-death-1.1142011 |work=The Irish Times |date=26 May 2004 |language=en}}