Niall Corcoran (born 9 July 1982) is a

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coach and former player at senior level for the Dublin county team until 2016.

County Hurling

He won the

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with

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in 2000. He made his championship debut with Dublin against

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in the

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quarter-final. Corcoran won the

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with Dublin in

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. Corcoran coaches with Kilmacud Crokes. Corcoran is easy to pick out on the pitch, as he wears a distinctive black and red Mycro helmet. In 2018, Corcoran joined

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's backroom team when Brennan was

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of the Laois senior hurlers. After his first spell coaching the Laois hurlers, Corcoran joined

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's Wexford backroom team when Brennan left the Laois job at the end of 2020. Corcoran rejoined Laois as "lead coach" when Tommy Fitzgerald became Laois senior hurling manager in November 2024.

References

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