Seán Dowling

Seán Dowling

Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó Dúllaing
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right wing-back
Born	(1978-06-10) 10 June 1978 (age 46) Kilkenny, Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1994-2010	O'Loughlin Gaels
Club titles
Kilkenny titles	2
Leinster titles	1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2001–2005	Kilkenny	19 (0-05)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All-Irelands	2
NHL	3
All Stars	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:26, 9 April 2020.

Seán Anthony Dowling (born 10 June 1978) is an Irish retired hurler who played for Kilkenny Championship club O'Loughlin Gaels. He played for the Kilkenny senior hurling team for five seasons, during which time he usually lined out as a right wing-back or at midfield.^[1]

Career

Dowling began his hurling career at club level with O'Loughlin Gaels. He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 16-year-old in 1994 and enjoyed his first success the following year when the club won the 1995 Kilkenny Junior Championship. He won a Kilkenny Intermediate Championship title in 1996 and promotion to the top flight of Kilkenny hurling. Dowling went on to make numerous championship appearances at senior level and was at left wing-back on O'Loughlin Gaels' Leinster Club Championship-winning team in 2003. His club career ended as a result of a hip injury in 2010, by which time he had also won two Kilkenny Senior Championship titles.^[2]

At inter-county level, Dowling was part of the Kilkenny minor team that won back-to-back Leinster Minor Championships in 1995 and 1996 before winning the All-Ireland Under-21 Championship in 1999. He joined the Kilkenny senior team in 2001.^[3][4] From his debut, Dowling lined out as a half-back or a midfielder and made a combined total of 25 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2005. During that time he was part of two All-Ireland Championship-winning teams – in 2002 and 2003. Dowling also secured three successive Leinster Championship medals and three National Hurling League medals. He was dropped from the panel in June 2005.^[5]

Career statistics

Team	Year	National League			Leinster		All-Ireland		Total
		Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Kilkenny	2001	Division 1B	5	0-00	1	0-00	0	0-00	6	0-00
	2002	Division 1A	2	0-00	1	0-00	0	0-00	3	0-00
	2003		2	0-00	1	0-02	2	0-00	5	0-02
	2004		3	0-01	1	0-02	4	0-01	8	0-04
	2005		3	0-00	0	0-00	—		3	0-00
Total			15	0-01	4	0-04	6	0-01	25	0-06

Honours

O'Loughlin Gaels

• Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 2003
• Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2001, 2002
• Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1996
• Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1995

Kilkenny

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2002, 2003
• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 2001, 2002, 2003
• National Hurling League (3): 2002, 2003, 2005
• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1999
• Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (2): 1998, 1999
• Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1995, 1996

References

1. "Lost Kilkenny talent of the past three years". Irish Independent. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
2. "'I would have liked to have had another year'". Irish Independent. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
3. "GAA: Kilkenny include debutant Dowling". Breaking News. 4 July 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
4. "GAA: Cats confident Dowling is cream of the crop". Breaking News. 6 July 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
5. "Cody drops seven from Cats panel". Breaking News. 21 June 2005. Retrieved 10 April 2020.