Darragh O'Connell
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
19 December 1990 Tralee, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Occupation | Teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2007–2014 2015– |
Abbeydorney Cuala | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Dublin titles | 5 | ||
| Leinster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2010–2014 2015– |
Kerry Dublin |
8 (2-71) 6 (1-2) | |
Darragh O'Connell (born 19 December 1990) is an Irish sportsperson. He has played club hurling with Cuala and Abbeydorney, and inter-county hurling with Kerry and Dublin.[1][2]
Club
[edit]Abbeydorney
[edit]O'Connell first played with Abbeydorney. In 2008, he captained the club to the 2008 Kerry Minor Hurling Championship.[3]
Cula
[edit]In 2015, he joined Dublin club Cuala.[1] He picked up a Dublin Senior Club Hurling Championship in his first season.[citation needed]
In 2016, he made it back-to-back Dublin Senior Club Hurling Championship titles, and later added a Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship. Cula later qualified for the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final on St.Patrick's Day 2017.
Intercounty
[edit]In 2010 in his first year as part of the senior team he helped Kerry win the National League Div 3A title and later to a place in the Christy Ring Cup final which Kerry lost by a point to Westmeath; he later won a Christy Ring Cup All Star. In 2011, Kerry were back in the Christy Ring Cup final; this time they won beating Wicklow. He also won All Ireland Under 21 B titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011.[citation needed]
He was part of the Under 21 Hurling/Shinty International team in 2010 and was captain of the team in 2011.[citation needed]
After playing with Kerry for several years, he later moved to Dublin.[4][5][6]
Honours
[edit]- Kerry
- Christy Ring Cup (1): 2011
- All-Ireland 'B' Under-21 Hurling Championship (3): 2009, 2010, 2011
- National Hurling League 3A (1): 2010
- Cuala
- Dublin Senior Club Hurling Championship (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 (c)
- Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 2016, 2017
- All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 2017, 2018
- Abbeydorney
- Kerry Minor Hurling Championship(1): 2008
References
[edit]- ^ a b Paul Keane (25 November 2015). "No regrets for adopted Dubliner Darragh O'Connell after quitting the Kerry panel". The42.ie. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Cuala star O'Connell has an admirable reason for not drinking". sportsjoe.ie. 2018.
- ^ Jackie Cahill (16 March 2017). "The journey of two Kerry hurlers to take centre stage in All-Ireland club final". The42.ie. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Darragh O'Connell and Cuala taking nothing for granted". Irishtimes.com. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Hurling chameleon O'Connell enjoying Cuala's culture club". gaa.ie. 2018.
- ^ "Remembering 11 Of The Most Famous Inter-County Transfers". balls.ie. 3 August 2021.