Darragh O'Connell

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Darragh O'Connell
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born (1990-12-19) 19 December 1990 (age 33)
Tralee, Ireland
Height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
YearsClub
2007–2014
2015–
Abbeydorney
Cuala
Club titles
Dublin titles 5
Leinster titles 2
All-Ireland Titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2010–2014
2015–
Kerry
Dublin
8 (2-71)
6 (1-2)

Darragh O'Connell (born 19 December 1990) is an Irish sportsperson. He has played club hurling with Cuala and Abbeydorney, and inter-county hurling with Kerry and Dublin. [1] [2]

Contents

Club

Abbeydorney

O'Connell first played with Abbeydorney. In 2008, he captained the club to the 2008 Kerry Minor Hurling Championship. [3]

Cula

In 2015, he joined Dublin club Cuala. [1] He picked up a Dublin Senior Club Hurling Championship in his first season.[ citation needed ]

In 2016, he made it back-to-back Dublin Senior Club Hurling Championship titles, and later added a Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship. Cula later qualified for the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final on St.Patrick's Day 2017.

Intercounty

In 2010 in his first year as part of the senior team he helped Kerry win the National League Div 3A title and later to a place in the Christy Ring Cup final which Kerry lost by a point to Westmeath; he later won a Christy Ring Cup All Star. In 2011, Kerry were back in the Christy Ring Cup final; this time they won beating Wicklow. He also won All Ireland Under 21 B titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011.[ citation needed ]

He was part of the Under 21 Hurling/Shinty International team in 2010 and was captain of the team in 2011.[ citation needed ]

After playing with Kerry for several years, he later moved to Dublin. [4] [5] [6]

Honours

Kerry
Cuala
Abbeydorney

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References

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  2. "Cuala star O'Connell has an admirable reason for not drinking". sportsjoe.ie. 2018.
  3. Jackie Cahill (16 March 2017). "The journey of two Kerry hurlers to take centre stage in All-Ireland club final". The42.ie. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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  5. "Hurling chameleon O'Connell enjoying Cuala's culture club". gaa.ie. 2018.
  6. "Remembering 11 Of The Most Famous Inter-County Transfers". balls.ie. 3 August 2021.