Niall Corcoran

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Niall Corcoran
Personal information
Irish name Níall Ó Corcráin
Sport Hurling
Position Left Corner Back
Born (1982-07-09) 9 July 1982 (age 42)
Ballinasloe, Ireland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Occupation Games Promotion Officer
Club(s)
YearsClub

2008–
Meelick-Eyrecourt
Kilmacud Crokes
Club titles
Dublin titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2008–2016
Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
NHL 1

Niall Corcoran (born 9 July 1982) is a hurling coach and former player at senior level for the Dublin county team until 2016.

County Hurling

He won the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship with Galway in 2000. [1] He made his championship debut with Dublin against Westmeath in the quarter-final of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship. [2] Corcoran won the National Hurling League with Dublin in 2011.

Corcoran coaches with Kilmacud Crokes. Corcoran is easy to pick out on the pitch,[ citation needed ] as he wears a distinctive black and red Mycro helmet.[ citation needed ]

In 2018, Corcoran joined Eddie Brennan's Laois hurling backroom team. [3] After coaching the Laois hurlers, he joined Davy Fitzgerald's Wexford backroom team when Brennan left the Laois job at the end of 2020. [4]

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References

  1. HILL 16
  2. HILL 16
  3. Lennon, Siun (19 October 2018). "Key appointments made as Eddie Brennan announces his Laois hurling backroom team". laoistoday.ie. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. "Corcoran added to Wexford backroom team". Hogan Stand. 8 December 2020.