Playing career
O'Dwyer played in the U-21 All-Ireland against Tipperary in 2004, where he received the Man of the Match award. He is the Leading player for his club, Mullinavat, where he plays in the forwards. He also played with Waterford IT in the Fitzgibbon Cup Colleges Hurling. In 2007, O'Dwyer also lined out for Dublin IT in the Fitzgibbon Cup. [1] He won 3 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championships with his club Mullinavat in 2001, 2006, and 2014.
Kilkenny
He was part of the 2002 Kilkenny minor team that won that year's All Ireland. He then moved on to the Under 21 team and won an All Ireland in 2004.
O'Dwyer was part of the Kilkenny senior hurling panel from 2003 to 2009. He came on as a sub when Kilkenny beat Cork, who won the 2006 All Ireland for the first time since 2003. He played in the corner forward position in the Leinster Senior Hurling final against Wexford in 2007, where he scored 2-03. [2] He later played in the All Ireland final where Kilkenny overcame Limerick. He remained on the panel for the 2008 and 2009 All-Ireland wins.
Kerry
Having lived and worked in Tralee for several years, he joined John Meylers Kerry for the 2012 season. He played in all of Kerry's Div 2A League games, as they missed out on the final. He then lined out in the Christy Ring Cup, in the first round, Kerry had a shock loss to Wicklow. In the losers' rounds, they had another shock loss this time to Kildare.
In 2013, he was again part of the Kerry side that just missed out on a place in the Div 2A final and promotion to Div 1B. After a disappointing 2012 Christy Ring Cup, Kerry regrouped to make it to the final for the third time in four seasons, but lost out to a last-minute goal to Down.
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