Conor Harte (born 3 April 1988) is an Ireland men's field hockey international. He played for Ireland at both the

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and the

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. He was also a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship. Harte has won national league titles in

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and has played in the

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. Harte's twin brother,

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, and his sister, Emer, are also Ireland field hockey internationals. The Harte brothers have lined out together with eight different field hockey teams –

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, Pembroke Wanderers, DCU, SCHC,

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, Munster and Ireland.

Early years, family and education

Harte was raised in

Ballinspittle Ballinspittle () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the Barony (Ireland), barony of Courceys and lies about southwest of Kinsale, on the R600 road (Ireland), R600 road. It is near Garrylucas and Garrettstown Blue Flag beach, Blue Fl ...

, near

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. His mother was from

Ballyheigue Ballyheigue ( ), officially Ballyheige (), is a coastal town and civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. It is northwest of Tralee along the R551 road. It is a scenic locale which forms part of the Wild Atlantic Way and has several miles of bea ...

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where his grandfather won county hurling medals. His father, Kieran Harte is a member of the prominent

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family. He was a goalkeeper for Tyrone in the 1972

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final. Kieran's teammates on the day included his first cousin,

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. Consequently, Conor Harte is also a cousin of

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, Mark Harte,

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and the Gaelic footballer, David Harte. Harte's twin brother,

, is also an Ireland men's field hockey international and his sister, Emer is an Ireland women's field hockey international. In his youth Harte played

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with Courcey Rovers. Harte was educated at

. Between 2006 and 2009 he attended

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where he gained a BA in accounting and finance. In 2014 he gained a

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from

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. In 2018 he began studying for a

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Domestic teams

Bandon Grammar School

Harte began playing

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at the age of thirteen at

. In 2005 Conor and

helped Bandon win the

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Cork Harlequins

While studying for their

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, Conor and

, also played for

, helping them win the 2006 Irish Senior Cup.

Pembroke Wanderers

While studying at

, Harte also began playing for Pembroke Wanderers. In 2008–09, together with his brother

, Ronan Gormley, Stuart Loughrey, Justin Sheriff,

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and

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, Harte was a member of the Pembroke Wanderers team that won the Irish Senior Cup, the

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and the

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. While playing for Wanderers, the Harte brothers also represented DCU at intervarsity level.

SCHC

In 2010 Harte began playing for SCHC. His brother,

, also played for SCHC.

Racing Club de Bruxelles

Since 2014 Harte has played for

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in the

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. He also played for Racing in the

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. His teammates at Racing have included

Dabang Mumbai

Harte played for

in the

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season, once again teaming up with his brother

. In the players' auction he was drafted for $10,000.

Dragons

After seven years at Racing he joined

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in the summer of 2021.

Ireland international

Harte made his senior debut for

in August 2006 in a Celtic Cup game against

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. Harte's brother,

, and his sister, Emer, also made their senior international debuts on the same day. Harte was a member of the Ireland teams that won the 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy and the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II. He also helped Ireland win

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tournaments in

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and

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. On 1 June 2017, Harte made his 200th senior appearance for Ireland in a 2–2 with

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. He marked the occasion by scoring from a

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. Harte was also a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the

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. He represented Ireland at the

and at the

Honours

;

Round 1 **''Winners'': 2012 Cardiff *

Round 2 **''Winners'': 2015 San Diego, 2017 Belfast **''Runners up'': 2013 New Delhi * Men's FIH Series Finals **''Runners up'': 2019 Le Touquet *

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**''Winners'':

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

**''Runners up'':

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

* Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy **''Winners'':

*Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier **''Runners up'':

*Men's Hockey Investec Cup **''Runners up'':

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; Pembroke Wanderers *

**''Winners'': 2009: 1 *

**''Winners'': 2008–09 * Irish Senior Cup **''Winners'': 2008, 2009: 2 ;Cork Harlequins * Irish Senior Cup **''Winners'': 2006: 1 ;

**''Winners'': 2005: 1

References

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