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Darragh O'Connell

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Darragh O'Connell
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born (1990-12-19) 19 December 1990 (age 33)
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

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Abbeydorney

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O'Connell first played with Abbeydorney. In 2008, he captained the club to the 2008 Kerry Minor Hurling Championship.[3]

Cula

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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

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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

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Kerry
Cuala
Abbeydorney

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Cuala star O'Connell has an admirable reason for not drinking". sportsjoe.ie. 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Darragh O'Connell and Cuala taking nothing for granted". Irishtimes.com. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Hurling chameleon O'Connell enjoying Cuala's culture club". gaa.ie. 2018.
  6. ^ "Remembering 11 Of The Most Famous Inter-County Transfers". balls.ie. 3 August 2021.