Liam Hennessy

Hennessy was Director of Fitness with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) for ten years, where he oversaw a number of Triple Crown (rugby union) wins and the Grand Slam (rugby union) Six Nations Championship win in 2009.

Hennessy was part of Pádraig Harrington's coaching staff for his Major wins; The Open Championship 2007 & 2008 and PGA Championship in 2008.

Dr. Hennessy worked in the Cardiopulmonary Department at the Blackrock Clinic, Dublin and also was a P.E. teacher at St Columba's College, Dublin. In 2003, Hennessy developed Club Energise, an Isotonic drink, that has seen considerable success, and consistently ranks among the best-selling isotonic sports drinks in Ireland.

Dr. Hennessy has worked with several GAA teams in nearly all codes of the game, including Tipperary GAA and its All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship team of 1991.

Hennessy became National Jumps Coach in Ireland after he finished competing and also acted as Irish team manager at the first IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in Athens in 1985. Also, Hennessy has worked with many Irish Olympics Athletes throughout the years. At Atlanta 1996, he was the Chief Exercise Physiologist to the Irish Olympic Team.

Dr. Hennessy is a retired international athlete, who competed and holds records at the Pole Vault in international competition representing Ireland on more than 55 occasions, the first occasion being at the age of 15. Decades after ending his competitive involvement Liam is still listed amongst the best Irish performers in international competition. Hennessy broke his first Irish record in 1977 "Liam Hennessy, an 18-year-old from Tipperary, leapt to the top of Irish Pole-vaulting." One of Hennessy's records that still stands today is his Munster U-23 Men's Indoor record, set in 1978, of 4.70, with his career personal best at 4.96.