Mr J Queeney - An appreciation

The sudden and untimely death occurred on 25th June last of Jim Queeney, Sergeant-in-Charge at Enfield Garda Station (since 2004) and current chairman of Na Fianna Hurling and Football Club. His death, which shocked all within the community, leaves a void felt by all who knew him and none more so than those in his beloved Na Fianna GAA club. Jim began his involvement with the GAA in his native Galway and continued when he moved to the Enfield area in the early 1980s by playing hurling with the Baconstown club and football with Enfield. Apart from the outstanding service he has given as a State employee in his role as a member of An Garda Siochana, Jim"s involvement with the formation of the Na Fianna Hurling and Football Club in 2000 and his continued pressing for improved facilities at both the Baconstown and Enfield pitches are the true testament of his contribution to his adopted GAA parish. His leadership, forward planning, commitment to the young players in the club as well as his conviviality and gentleness were the hallmarks of the man that will be so sadly missed by the Na Fianna GAA family. To his wife Geraldine, (who is also a tireless worker for the club), his sons, Brian (manager of the club"s under-16 boys football team), Jamie (one of the club"s brightest lights as a county representative), Daniel (currently on the county under-16 football team) and daughter Katie (a storming corner back who helped Na Fianna under-14 girls win the Division 2 Final last year), the whole of Na Fianna GAA pass on their condolences and join with them in mourning their sad loss. Ar dheis De go raibh a aimn. - Na Fianna GAA Club