Aidan Nolan

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Aidan Nolan
Personal information
Irish name Aodán Ó Núalláin
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield/Half-Forward
Born 1993
Bunclody, County Wexford, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
HWH-Bunclody
Club titles
Wexford titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2015–2021
Wexford
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Aidan Nolan (born 1992or1993) [1] is an Irish hurler who has played as a midfielder or half-forward for the Wexford senior hurling team. [1] At club level, he plays both hurling and Gaelic football with Half Way House Bunclody. [2] [3]

Nolan was a member of the Wexford Under-21 squad that were runners-up in the 2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship. [4] He made his senior inter-county debut in the 2015 National Hurling League. [5] A member of the senior panel for several years, he participated in Wexford's 2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship campaign, but missed the final after being shown a red card (for "abusive language towards a referee") in a group stage game. [6] [7] After a successful appeal, [8] he returned to the team and was used as a substitute in the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship semi-final game against Tipperary. [9] He was also involved in Wexford's 2020 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship campaign, [10] and in the 2020 Walsh Cup campaign. [11] Nolan scored 1 point in Wexford's 1-16 to 0-18 win over Galway in the 2020 Walsh Cup final. [12]

Honours

Wexford

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References

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