Aidan O'Connor (born 2002) is an Irish hurler. At club level, he plays with Ballybrown, while he is also a member of the Limerick senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a forward.
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| Born | 2002 (age 23–24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editO'Connor first played hurling as a schoolboy with Ardscoil Rís, while also simultaneously lining out at juvenile and underage levels with the Ballybrown club.[1] He won three consecutive Limerick Premier MHC titles with the club in 2019, 2020 and as team captain in 2021.[2][3][4] The run of underage success continued in 2022 when he claimed a Limerick Premier U21HC title.[5] By that stage, O'Connor had already joined the club's senior team.
O'Connor first appeared at inter-county level with Limerick as a member of the minor team that won the Munster MHC title in 2019.[6] He later spent three consecutive seasons with the under-20 team and was at centre-forward when Limerick were beaten by Kilkenny in the 2022 All-Ireland under-20 final.[7] O'Connor ended his under-20 tenure by being named Munster Under-20 Player of the Year.[8]
O'Connor made his first appearance for the senior team during the 2023 Munster Senior Hurling League.[9]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 5 October 2025
| Team | Year | Limerick SHC | |
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| Apps | Score | ||
| Ballybrown | 2020 | 3 | 1-05 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1-22 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 1-41 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 2-26 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 3-60 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 2-65 | |
| Career total | 29 | 10-219 | |
Inter-county
edit- As of 07 June 2026.
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Limerick | 2023 | Division 1A | 2 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-01 | ||
| 2025 | 6 | 0-14 | 5 | 1-03 | 1 | 0-03 | 12 | 1-20 | ||
| 2026 | 7 | 1-63 | 5 | 3-39 | 0 | 0-00 | 12 | 4-102 | ||
| Career total | 16 | 1-78 | 13 | 4-43 | 2 | 0-03 | 31 | 5-122 | ||
Honours
edit- University of Limerick
- Ballybrown
- Limerick Premier Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2022
- Limerick Premier Minor Hurling Championship: 2019, 2020, 2021 (c)
- Limerick
References
edit- ↑ "'Hogwarts of hurling' nurtured 15 of Limerick's All-Ireland winners". Irish Independent. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ↑ "Ballybrown end 31-year wait for a Premier Minor Hurling title". Limerick Leader. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ↑ "Listen - Reaction as Ballybrown retain County Premier Minor Hurling crown". Live 95fm website. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ↑ "Ballybrown crowned Premier Minor Hurling Champions for the third year running". Sporting Limerick website. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ↑ "Ballybrown celebrate Limerick Premier U21 hurling final success". Limerick Leader. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ↑ "Limerick triumph in Electric Ireland Munster MHC Final". GAA website. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kilkenny claim All-Ireland U-20 title after edging Limerick in thrilling final". Irish Independent. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ↑ "Aidan O'Connor receiving his Munster Under 20 Hurling Player of the year". Limerick GAA website. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ↑ "Powerful Limerick give Kerry an important lesson ahead of National League campaign". The Kerryman. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.