Dan O'Connell (hurler)

Dan O'Connell

Personal information
Irish name	Dónall Ó Conaill
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-forward
Born	1968 Kilbrittain, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation	ESB employee
Club(s)
Years	Club	Apps (scores)
1985-2008 1989-1994; 2000-2001	Kilbrittain → Carbery	9 (8-32) 24 (11-30)
Club titles
Cork titles	1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1988; 1995-1996	Cork	0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:11, 18 April 2022.

Daniel O'Connell (born 1968) is an Irish former hurler who played for club side Kilbrittain, divisional team Carbery and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lined out in the full-forward line.

Career

O'Connell first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Kilbrittain club. He also lined out as a schoolboy with St. Finbarr's College and was a substitute on their Harty Cup and All-Ireland-winning team in 1984.^[1] O'Connell was just 16-years-old when he joined Kilbrittain's adult team and was a member of their Cork JAHC title-winning team in 1985. A decade later, he captained the team to the Cork IHC title after winning a Cork SHC title with Carbery the previous year.^[2][3]

O'Connell first appeared on the inter-county scene as a non-playing substitute on the Cork minor hurling team that won the All-Ireland MHC title in 1985.^[4] He later won an All-Ireland U21HC title with the under-21 team.^[5] O'Connell was drafted onto the Cork senior hurling team during the early stage of the 1988-89 National League. He subsequently joined the junior team and won an All-Ireland medal in that grade in 1994.^[6] O'Connell was recalled to the Cork senior team for the 1995-96 National League.

Career statistics

Club

Team	Year	Cork JAHC
		Apps	Score
Kilbrittain	1985	2	0-00
	Total	3	2-17
	Year	Cork IHC
		Apps	Score
	1986	1	0-00
	1987	1	1-03
	1988	4	2-11
	1989	5	5-12
	1990	2	1-06
	1991	2	1-05
	1992	3	0-10
	1993	4	2-09
	1994	2	0-12
	1995	5	4-20
	Total	29	16-88
	Year	Cork SHC
		Apps	Score
	1996	5	6-21
	1997	2	1-07
	1998	1	1-03
	1999	1	0-01
	Total	9	8-32
	Year	Cork IHC
		Apps	Score
	2000	4	2-24
	2001	2	1-05
	2002	3	0-18
	2003	3	0-10
	2004	0	0-00
	2005	6	1-17
	2006	2	1-14
	2007	4	1-15
	2008	2	0-03
	Total	26	6-106
Career total		67	32-243

Honours

St. Finbarr's College

• All-Ireland Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 1984
• Munster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship  : 1984

Kilbrittain

• Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1995 (c)
• Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: 1985

Carbery

• Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1994

Cork

• All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 1994
• Munster Junior Hurling Championship: 1992, 1994, 1996
• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1988
• Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1988
• All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 1985
• Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 1985, 1986

References

1. "Harty Cup team of the millennium". Irish Independent. 11 March 2000. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
2. Hurley, Denis (21 October 2020). "LOOKING BACK: When Kilbrittain hurlers finally reached the promised land". The Southern Star. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
3. Horgan, John (20 October 2019). "FLASHBACK: Carbery hurlers stunned Midleton to lift the county crown in 1994". Echo Live. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
4. "Minor hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
5. "Under-21 hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
6. "Junior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 April 2022.