| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Conchúr Ó Laighin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-back number 4 | ||
| Born | 2002 Corofin, County Clare, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2020-present | Corofin | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Clare titles | 0 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (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.
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]