Conor Whelan

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Conor Whelan
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Personal information
Irish name Conchúir Ó Faoláin
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-forward
Born (1996-10-31) 31 October 1996 (age 28)
Kinvara,
County Galway, Ireland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nickname Whelo
Occupation Student
Club(s)
YearsClub
2013–present
 Kinvara
Club titles
Galway titles 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
 University of Galway
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2015–present
 Galway 44 (16-106)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NHL 2
All Stars 2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:29, 3 September 2023.

Conor Whelan (born 31 October 1996) is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner forward for club side Kinvara and at inter-county level for the Galway senior hurling team.

Contents

Playing career

University of Galway

As a student at the University of Galway, Whelan has been a regular player on the university's senior hurling team in the Fitzgibbon Cup. [1]

Kinvara

Whelan joined the Kinvara club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's intermediate team.[ citation needed ]

Galway

Minor and under-21

Whelan first played for Galway as a member of the minor hurling team on 28 July 2013. He made his first appearance in a 1-19 to 0-13 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of Laois. [2] On 8 September 2013, Whelan was at right corner-forward in Galway's 1-21 to 0-16 defeat by Waterford in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. [3]

Whelan's second and final season with the Galway minor team ended with a 1-27 to 2-09 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Limerick on 17 August 2014. [4]

As a member of the Galway under-21 hurling team, Whelan made his first appearance on 22 August 2015 in a 1-20 to 0-17 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Limerick. [5]

On 10 September 2016, Whelan scored two points in a 5-15 to 0-14 defeat by Waterford in the All-Ireland final. [6]

Whelan ended the 2017 championship by being named on the Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year. [7]

Intermediate

On 1 July 2015, Whelan made his first appearance for the Galway intermediate hurling team. [8] He later won a Leinster Championship medal following Galway's 1-20 to 0-11 defeat of Wexford in the final. [9]

Senior

Whelan made his debut for the Galway senior team on 26 July 2015, scoring 1-02 from play in a 2-28 to 0-22 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of Cork. [10] [11] On 6 September 2015, Whelan scored two points from right wing-forward in a 1-22 to 1-18 defeat by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. [12]

On 23 April 2017, Whelan scored five points from play when Galway defeated Tipperary by 3-21 to 0-14 to win the National Hurling League. [13] Later that season he won his first Leinster Championship medal after Galway's 0-29 to 1-17 defeat of Wexford in the final. [14] On 3 September 2017, Whelan started for Galway at right corner-forward when they won their first All-Ireland in 29 years after a 0-26 to 2-17 defeat of Waterford in the final. [15] He ended the season by winning an All-Star award as well as being named All Stars Young Hurler of the Year. [16]

On 8 July 2018, Whelan won a second successive Leinster Championship medal following Galway's 1-28 to 3-15 defeat of Kilkenny in the final. [17] On 19 August 2018, he scored a goal from right corner-forward in Galway's 3-16 to 2-18 All-Ireland final defeat by Limerick. [18]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 July 2023.
TeamYear National League Leinstser All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Galway 2015 Division 1A 00-0000-0031-0631-06
201660-0631-0520-02111-13
2017 Division 1B 73-1230-1220-05123-29
201852-0562-1331-06145-24
201951-0741-10—92-17
2020 Division 1A 53-0620-0610-0183-13
202152-1111-0210-0373-16
202240-0751-1321-04112-24
202341-0466-1121-07128-22
Total4112-583012-72164-348728-164

Honours

Galway
Club
Awards

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