Conor Leen

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Conor Leen
Personal information
Irish name Conchúr Ó Laighin
Sport Hurling
Position Left corner-back number 4
Born 2002
Corofin,
County Clare, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
2020-present
 Corofin
Club titles
Clare titles 0
All-Ireland Titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2024-
 Clare 6 (0-01)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:33, 6 July 2024.

Conor Leen (born 2002) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Corofin and at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team with whom he won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling medal after extra time one point victory vs Cork on 21 July 2024, final score 3.29 to 1.34.

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Career

Leen played schools hurling while a student at Ennistymon CBS. [1] At club level, he played in the various underage grades with the Corofin/Ruan amalgamation and won consecutive Clare MAHC titles in 2019 and 2020, as well as a Clare U21AHC title in 2021. [2] [3] [4] Leen progressed to adult level and won a Clare IHC medal in 2023. [5]

Leen first appeared on the inter-county scene with Clare as a member of the minor team beaten by Limerick in the 2019 Munster MHC final. [6] He later spent two seasons with the under-20 team. Leen made his senior team debut during Clare's National Hurling League-winning campaign in 2024. [7] On 21 July 2024 he started and won his first Senior All-Ireland Hurling medal in an epic 3.29 to 1.34 aet victory vs Cork. He lined out at left-corner back, number 4 and played the entire game. Conor was also picked at number 4 on The Sunday Game Team of the Year. His father, Edward, is a former Kerry hurler and his mother Barbara comes from Clare / Connemara.

On 21 July 2024, he started at corner back as Clare won the All-Ireland for the first time in 11 years after an extra-time win against Cork by 3-29 to 1-34, claiming their fifth All-Ireland title. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Honours

Corofin/Ruan
Corofin
Clare
Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "U 16 ½ Hurling". Ennistymon CBS website. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Corofin/Ruan make history in minor decider". Clare Echo. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Back to back Minor A titles for Corofin/Ruan". Clare Echo. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Strong second quarter steers Corofin/Ruan to first U21A title". Clare Echo. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Corofin claim intermediate hurling title for the third timw". Clare Echo. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Limerick triumph in Electric Ireland Munster MHC Final". GAA website. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Red-hot McCarthy and Clare withstand late Cats fightback to end seven-year trophy drought". Irish Examiner. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Ryan, Eoin (21 July 2024). "Clare find extra gear to edge Cork in historic hurling final epic". RTÉ Sport . Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "All-Ireland SHC Final: Clare win epic encounter". GAA.ie. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Clare 3-29 Cork 1-34". Munster GAA. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Clare's Conor Leen times run of form perfectly to grab Liam MacCarthy shot". RTE Sport. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
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