Ian O'Regan

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Ian O'Regan
Personal information
Irish name Iain Ó Riagáin
Sport Hurling
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1983-06-25) 25 June 1983 (age 41)
Waterford, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname Iggy
Club(s)
YearsClub
2002-present
Mount Sion
Club titles
Waterford titles 4
Munster titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2004-2018
Waterford
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 0
NHL 2
All Stars 0

Ian O'Regan (born 25 June 1983) is an Irish goalkeeping coach and hurler who plays for Waterford Senior Championship club Mount Sion. He played for the Waterford senior hurling team for 15 seasons, during which time he usually lined out as a goalkeeper.

O'Regan began his hurling career at club level with Mount Sion. He broke onto the club's senior team straight out of the minor grade and enjoyed his greatest success as goalkeeper on Mount Sion's Munster Championship-winning team in 2002. O'Regan has also won four Waterford Senior Championship titles.

At inter-county level, O'Regan was part of the Waterford minor team in 2001 before enjoying two seasons with the Waterford under-21 team. He joined the Waterford senior team in 2004. From his debut, O'Regan was best known as sub-goalkeeper, however, he made a number of National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2018. During that time he was part of two Munster Championship-winning teams – in 2004,and 2010. O'Regan also secured one National Hurling League medal and was an All-Ireland Championship runner-up on two occasions. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 10 October 2018. [1] [2] [3]

Honours

Mount Sion
Waterford

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References

  1. O'Brien, Kevin (10 October 2018). "Waterford keeper O'Regan follows Coughlan into retirement". The 42. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. "O'Regan's inter-county journey comes to an end". Hogan Stand. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  3. "O'Regan retires but remains involved with the Déise". Waterford News and Star. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2019.