| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Néill | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||
| Born | 1 March 1986 Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Occupation | Advisory associate at PwC | ||
| Club | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2004-present | Bishopstown | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2005-present | Cork | 35 (0-1) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:43, 18 July 2014. | |||
Shane O'Neill (born 1 March 1986) is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner-back for the Cork senior team. [1] [2]
Born in Bishopstown, Cork, O'Neill first played competitive hurling whilst at school in Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior team as a member of the extended panel during the 2005 championship. Since then O'Neill has become a regular member of the starting fifteen and has won one Munster medal on the field of play. He has been an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team, O'Neill has won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he has won several championship medals in all grades with Bishopstown.
O'Neill played with Bishopstown in a period when the club won back-to-back minor championship medals (in 2003 and 2004) and back-to-back under-21 championship medals (in 2006 and 2007).[ citation needed ]
In 2006 O'Neill was a member of the Bishopstown team that faced Carrigtwohill in the final of the premier intermediate championship. A 0-20 to 1-11 victory gave him a Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship medal.[ citation needed ]
O'Neill first lined out with Cork in the minor grade in 2003. In the following season, 2004, he won his first Munster medal as Cork ended Tipperary's hopes of four-in-a-row with a 2-13 to 3-8 victory. [3]
The following year O'Neill was a member of the Cork under-21 team. He won a Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship medal in his debut year, as Cork defeated Tipperary by 4-8 to 0-13. [4]
Two years later and O'Neill was appointed captain of the Cork under-21 team. He won a second Munster medal on that occasion following a 1-20 to 0-10 win over Waterford. [5]
By 2005 O'Neill's performances for the Cork minor and under-21 teams brought him to the attention of the senior selectors. He was a member of the extended panel during Cork's All-Ireland victory. He won a Munster medal in 2006 as an unused substitute.
On 17 June 2007 O'Neill made his senior championship debut in a 5-15 to 3-18 Munster semi-final defeat by Waterford. The following few seasons saw Cork go into decline.[ citation needed ] In 2011, O'Neill was appointed captain of the team. [6]
O'Neill lined out in his second Munster decider in 2013, however, Cork faced a 0-24 to 0-15 defeat by Limerick. [7] On 8 September 2013 he lined out against Clare in his first All-Ireland final. Three second-half goals through Conor Lehane, Anthony Nash and Pa Cronin, and a tenth point of the game from Patrick Horgan gave Cork a one-point lead as injury time came to an end. A last-gasp point from corner-back Domhnall O'Donovan earned Clare a 0-25 to 3-16 draw. [8] The replay on 28 September saw Clare's Shane O'Donnell score a hat-trick of goals in the first nineteen minutes of the game. Patrick Horgan was top scorer for Cork, however, further goals from Conor McGrath and Darach Honan secured a 5-16 to 3-16 victory for Clare. [9]
In 2014, O'Neill won his first Munster Senior Hurling Championship medal on the field of play as goals by Séamus Harnedy and Paudie O'Sullivan gave Cork a 2-24 to 0-24 victory over Limerick. [10]
O'Neill was picked for Munster in the inter-provincial series of games. He won an Interprovincial Championship medal in 2013 as Munster defeated Connacht by 1-22 to 0-15. [11]
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