Niall MacEneaney (1979 â 17 March 2024) was an Irish hurler and hurling coach. At club level he played with Wolfe Tones and Mattock Rangers was also a member of the Louth senior hurling team. MacEneaney also coached the St Fechin's club.
MacEneaney began his hurling career at club level with Wolfe Tones in Drogheda. He won a Louth SHC medal with the club in 1996 before later joining the Mattock Rangers club. MacEneaney was a member of the Louth senior hurling team that won the 2000 National Hurling League and also lined out at corner forward on the Louth senior hurling team that reached the inaugural Nicky Rackard Cup final, losing to London in the 2005 final. As a coach, he guided St Fechin's to consecutive Louth SHC titles in 2022 and 2023.
MacEneaney died in a hit and run in Drogheda, County Louth, on 17 March 2024, at the age of 44. The driver of the vehicle was an off duty Garda who will be sentenced in May 2026. In March 2026 a permanent memorial of two crossed Hurling sticks was erected by Niall's family at the site of the accident in tribute to his love and dedication to the sport, alongside a touching peom about his passion for the sport and his three dogs.