- Phil Bennis
Infobox GAA player
code= Hurling
sport = Hurling
name = Phil Bennis
irish = Pilib Ó Binéid
fullname = Phil Bennis
placeofbirth =Patrickswell
countryofbirth =County Limerick
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county = Limerick
province = Munster
club = Patrickswell
clposition = Half-back
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counties = Limerick
icposition = Centre-back
icyears = 1970s
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icprovince = 1
icallireland = 1
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icupdate = Phil Bennis is a former Irish sportsperson. He played seniorhurling with the Limerick inter-county team in the 1970s.Early life
Phil Bennis was born in
Patrickswell ,County Limerick . He was born into a large family of seven boys and six girls, and from an early age he showed a great interest in the game ofhurling .Playing career
Club
Bennis played his club
hurling with his local Patrickswell team. He enjoyed some success at underage levels before later winning several senior county championship titles throughout the 1960s and 1970s.Inter-county
Bennis first tasted major hurling success in 1971 when he won a
National Hurling League medal with Limerick. It was the first of five consecutive league final appearances, however, Limerick lost the other four games. Two years later in 1973 Bennis won a senior Munster title. He later won an All-Ireland medal following a victory over Kilkenny in the final.Managerial career
Bennis served as manager of the Limerick senior hurling team in the early 1990s. He had some success with the side including the winning of a
National Hurling League title in 1992.Teams
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