An Cosantóir October 2015 www.dfmagazine.ie
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by CPL LEE COYLE
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n Cosantóir recently met up with
Cpl Niall o'Keeffe , ordnance Base
Workshops, DFTC, who is currently
in training for the World Powerlifting
Championship taking place in october
in Castleroy, Co Limerick, where he will
represent the Irish Powerlifting organisa-
tion (IPo).
At 16, after seeing his uncle, who is a na-
tional champion bodybuilder, competing
in bodybuilding competitions, Niall and
two of his cousins took up bodybuilding,
of which weightlifting is an important
component.
After he enlisted in the Defence Forces
in July 1998, Niall continued to do body-
building, and he found the fitness he
gained from the sport helped him in his
military career.
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