Niall Ahern

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Niall Ahern
Personal information
Irish name Niall Ó hEathírn
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born 1968
Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation Secondary school principal [1]
Club(s)
YearsClubApps (scores)
1989-1997
 Sarsfields 22 (19-61)
Club titles
Cork titles 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
1986-1991
 University College Cork
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1989-1990
 Cork 0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Niall Ahern (born 1968) is an Irish former hurler At club level he played with Sarsfields and at inter-county level was a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Ahern usually lined out as a forward.

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Career

Ahern first played hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Sarsfields and Glanmire clubs. He simultaneously lined out as a schoolboy with Coláiste an Chroí Naofa in Carrignavar and won an All-Ireland Colleges medal in 1985. He subsequently won Fitzgibbon Cup titles as a student with University College Cork. [2] After being part of the Glanmire team that won the 1987 Cork IFC title, Ahern was on the Sarsfields senior team that lost county finals to Glen Rovers in 1989 and Imokilly in 1997. [3] [4] [5] Ahern first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork under-21 hurling team in 1989. He was later drafted onto the senior team during the 1989-90 NHL.

Career statistics

TeamYear National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Cork 1989-90 Division 1A 10-00——10-00
Career total10-00——10-00

Honours

Coláiste an Chroí Naofa
University College Cork
Glanmire

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References

  1. ↑ "School Daze with Adrian Russell: I was a good sport in class". Irish Examiner. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Legendary showdown as UCC Hurlers take on Cork Senior Hurlers". thecork.ie. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Glanmire Parish/Club History". Glanmire GFC website. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Glen look to end 25 years of Cork championship hurt". Irish Independent. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "O'Leary guiding light". Irish Times. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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