| Full name | David Anthony MacSweeney | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 January 1930 Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 May 2010 (aged 80) London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
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David Anthony MacSweeney (26 January 1930 — 26 May 2010) was an Irish international rugby union player.
MacSweeney was born in Cappoquin, County Waterford, and attended Rockwell College.
As a wing-forward, MacSweeney earned an Ireland cap against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1955, replacing Jim McCarthy. He was also a Cambridge blue and played for the varsity team, which faced the touring 1957–58 Wallabies.