Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Liam Ó Draighneáin | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right corner-forward | ||
Born | 28 November 2003 Galmoy, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Occupation | Student | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Galmoy | |||
Club titles | |||
Kilkenny titles | 0 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
Maynooth University | |||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2023- | Kilkenny | 3 (0-02) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 1 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:25, 11 June 2023. |
Billy Drennan (born 28 November 2003) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Galmoy and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
Drennan first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Galmoy club, while also playing as a schoolboy with CBS Kilkenny in the Leinster Colleges' Championship. [1] [2] He has also lined out with Maynooth University in the Fitzgibbon Cup. [3]
Drennan first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny minor hurling team that lost the 2019 All-Ireland minor final to Galway. [4] He was the championship's top scorer with 2-66. Brennan was again part of the minor team that lost the 2020 All-Ireland minor final to Galway. [5] He immediately progressed to the under-20 team and was man of the match when Kilkenny beat Limerick in the 2022 All-Ireland under-20 final. [6]
Drennan first played for the senior team during the 2023 Walsh Cup. [7]
Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Kilkenny Minor | 2019 | — | 5 | 1-36 | 4 | 1-30 | 9 | 2-66 | ||
2020 | — | 2 | 0-27 | 1 | 1-06 | 3 | 1-33 | |||
Total | — | 7 | 1-63 | 5 | 2-36 | 12 | 3-99 | |||
Kilkenny U20 | 2021 | — | 2 | 0-01 | — | 2 | 0-01 | |||
2022 | — | 3 | 1-31 | 1 | 0-09 | 4 | 1-40 | |||
2023 | — | 1 | 2-12 | — | 1 | 2-12 | ||||
Total | — | 6 | 3-44 | 1 | 0-09 | 7 | 2-53 | |||
Kilkenny | 2023 | Division 1B | 7 | 2-70 | 3 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 10 | 2-72 |
2023 | Division 1A | 1 | 0-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-03 | |
Total | 8 | 2-73 | 3 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 11 | 2-75 | ||
Career total | 8 | 2-73 | 16 | 4-109 | 6 | 2-45 | 30 | 8-227 |
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