Conor Whelan (born 31 October 1996) is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner forward for club side Kinvara and at inter-county level for the Galway senior hurling team.

Playing career

University of Galway

As a student at the

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, Whelan has been a regular player on the university's senior hurling team in the

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Kinvara

Whelan joined the Kinvara club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's intermediate team.

Galway

Minor and under-21

Whelan first played for Galway as a member of the minor hurling team on 28 July 2013. He made his first appearance in a 1-19 to 0-13

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defeat of

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. On 8 September 2013, Whelan was at right corner-forward in Galway's 1-21 to 0-16 defeat by

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in the All-Ireland final at

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. Whelan's second and final season with the Galway minor team ended with a 1-27 to 2-09 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by

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on 17 August 2014. As a member of the Galway under-21 hurling team, Whelan made his first appearance on 22 August 2015 in a 1-20 to 0-17 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by

. On 10 September 2016, Whelan scored two points in a 5-15 to 0-14 defeat by Waterford in the All-Ireland final. Whelan ended the 2017 championship by being named on the Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year.

Intermediate

On 1 July 2015, Whelan made his first appearance for the Galway intermediate hurling team. He later won a

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medal following Galway's 1-20 to 0-11 defeat of

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in the final.

Senior

Whelan made his debut for the Galway senior team on 26 July 2015, scoring 1-02 from play in a 2-28 to 0-22

defeat of Cork. On 6 September 2015, Whelan scored two points from right wing-forward in a 1-22 to 1-18 defeat by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. On 23 April 2017, Whelan scored five points from play when Galway defeated Tipperary by 3-21 to 0-14 to win the

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. Later that season he won his first

medal after Galway's 0-29 to 1-17 defeat of Wexford in the final. On 3 September 2017, Whelan started for Galway at right corner-forward when they won their first All-Ireland in 29 years after a 0-26 to 2-17 defeat of Waterford in the final. He ended the season by winning an All-Star award as well as being named All Stars Young Hurler of the Year. On 8 July 2018, Whelan won a second successive Leinster Championship medal following Galway's 1-28 to 3-15 defeat of Kilkenny in the final. On 19 August 2018, he scored a goal from right corner-forward in Galway's 3-16 to 2-18 All-Ireland final defeat by

Career statistics

Honours

;Galway *

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, 2018 * National Hurling League Division 1 (2):

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Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship The Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship is an inter county competition between the Intermediate Hurling county teams in the province of Leinster. The Leinster Council organizes the series of games. The winners of the championship each y ...

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;Awards * All Stars Young Hurler of the Year (1): 2017 *

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(1): 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whelan, Conor 1996 births Living people All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners Alumni of the University of Galway Galway inter-county hurlers Kinvara hurlers University of Galway hurlers People from Kinvara