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Bertie Cunningham
Personal information
Irish name	Beircheart Mac Cuinneagáin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre-back
Born	1939; Ballivor, County Meath, Ireland
Died	19 January 2023 (aged 83); Ballivor, County Meath, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ballivor; Killyon
Club titles
Meath titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1958–1972	Meath
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	4
All-Irelands	1
NFL	0

Bernard P. Cunningham (1939 – 19 January 2023) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level played with Ballivor and at inter-county level with the Meath senior football team. Cunningham usually lined out as a centre-back.

Playing career

Cunningham first played Gaelic football and hurling at Killyon NS before later attending both Trim CBS and Trim Vocational School.^[2] He won an All-Ireland Vocational Schools' medal with a Meath selection in 1956. At club level, Cunningham won county championship medals with the Ballivor juveniles in 1952 and 1954, before winning a Meath IFC title in 1971.

Cunningham first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Meath minor team that won the All-Ireland MFC title in 1957.^[3] He immediately progressed to the junior team before making his senior team debut in an O'Byrne Cup game in 1958. Cunningham won the first of four Leinster SFC medals in 1964.^[4] After losing the 1966 All-Ireland final to Galway, he was again at centre-back when Meath defeated Cork in the 1967 final.^[5] Cunningham ended the All-Ireland-winning season by being named Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Coaching career

In retirement from playing, Cunningham was involved in coaching at all levels with Ballivor. He also spent a period as a selector with the Meath senior team.

Death

Cunningham died on 19 January 2023, at the age of 83.^[6]^[7]

Honours

Ballivor

Meath Intermediate Football Championship: 1971

Meath

References

^ "Bernard P Cunningham in 1939". Find My Past website. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Meet the players". Irish Independent. 20 September 1967. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Minors road to glory in 1957". Hogan Stand. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "Leinster Senior Football Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "The Men of '67: Bertie Cunningham". Hogan Stand. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "Death of 1967 All-Ireland legend, Bertie Cunningham". The Meath Chronicle. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Meath All-Ireland winner Bertie Cunningham passes away". Irish Independent. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.