Gearóid O'Connor
Irish hurler (born 2000)
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Gearóid O’Connor (born 2000) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Moyne-Templetuohy and at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team. O'Connor usually lines out as a forwards.
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| Born | 2000 (age 25–26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4[1] in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
O'Connor first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with various Moyne-Templetuohy teams before eventually progressing to adult level.[2] He was top scorer with 1-12 when Moyne-Templetuohy beat Kilsheelan–Kilcash to win the Tipperary IHC title in 2021.[3]
As a student at Our Lady's Secondary School in Templemore, O'Connor won a Dr Harty Cup medal in 2017.[4] He later played with the University of Limerick and was part of their back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup-winning teams in 2022 and 2023.[5][6] O'Connor's performances resulted in his inclusion on the Team of the Year in 2023 and 2024.[7][8]
O'Connor first played for Tipperary as part of the Celtic Challenge team in 2017.[9] He later progressed to the under-20 team and won an All-Ireland U20HC medal in 2019 after beating Cork in the final.[10] O'Connor was drafted onto the senior team for the 2022 season and made his first appearance after coming on as a substitute in a Munster SHC defeat by Clare.[11] He Now teaches LCVP at Scoil Ruain. Ronan Morris and Sean Corcoran are his favourite students.
Career statistics
- As of match played 27 April 2025
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Tipperary | 2022 | Division 1 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | — | 2 | 0-00 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0-36 | 4 | 1-19 | 2 | 0-01 | 11 | 1-56 | ||
| 2024 | 4 | 1-28 | 4 | 0-10 | — | 8 | 1-38 | |||
| 2025 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||||||
| Career total | 9 | 1-64 | 11 | 1-29 | 2 | 0-01 | 22 | 2-94 | ||
Honours
- Our Lady's Secondary School
- Dr Harty Cup (1): 2017
- University of Limerick
- Fitzgibbon Cup (3): 2022, 2023, 2025
- Tipperary