Ollie O'Connor (Kilkenny hurler)

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Ollie O'Connor
Personal information
Irish name Oilibhéar Ó Conchúir
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born 1975
Freshford, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation Quality controller
Club(s)
YearsClub
 St. Lachtain's
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1998
 Kilkenny 0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23:11, 10 April 2022.

Oliver O'Connor (born 1975) is an Irish former hurler who played for Kilkenny IHC club St. Lachtain's and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out in the full-forward line.

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Career

O'Connor played hurling as a schoolboy with St. Kieran's College.[ citation needed ] He won the Dr. Croke Cup with the college in 1993, the same year he won a Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship title with the St. Lachtain's club. [1] He was also part of the St. Lachtain's team that won the All-Ireland Club Championship title in 2010. [2] O'Connor first appeared on the inter-county scene as top scorer on the Kilkenny minor hurling team that beat Galway in the 1993 All-Ireland minor final. [3] His three years in the under-21 grade yielded an All-Ireland U20HC title in 1994. [4] At adult level O'Connor won an All-Ireland JHC title in 1995 before spending a number of unsuccessful seasons with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. [5] [6] He ended his inter-county career with the Kilkenny intermediate hurling team.

Career statistics

TeamYear National League Leinster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Kilkenny 1998 Division 1A 11-04——11-04
Career total11-04——11-04

Honours

St. Kieran's College
St. Lachtain's
Kilkenny

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References

  1. ↑ "Leinster Colleges All-Ireland Senior Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Proud Kavanagh completes lifelong Lachtain's dream". Irish Examiner. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Leinster Minor All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Leinster Under-21 All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Leinster Junior All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Kilkenny on song". Irish Times. 26 January 1998. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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