John Paul Corcoran

Born and raised in Callan, County Kilkenny, Corcoran played hurling at all levels as a student at Coláiste Éamann Rís. He was part of the school's senior team that won the Leinster Colleges SHC title after a 1-10 to 0-09 defeat of St Kieran's College in 1998.^[1]

At club level, Corcoran first played for John Locke's at juvenile and underage levels. He won a Kilkenny MBHC medal in 1997 before progressing to the club's adult team.^[2] Corcoran was at midfield when John Locke's beat Mullinavat by 0–15 to 1–09 to win the Kilkenny IHC in 1999.^[3] After winning Kilkenny JHC and Leinster Club JHC medals in 2010, he was part of the John Locke's team beaten by Meelin in the 2011 All-Ireland Club JHC final.^[4]

Corcoran first appeared on the inter-county scene with Kilkenny as part of the minor team that won the Leinster MHC title in 1997.^[5] He progressed to the under-21 team and won an All-Ireland U21HC medal after a 1–13 to 0-14 win over Galway in the All-Ireland U21HC final.^[6]

As well as being part of the under-21 team, Corcoran was drafted onto the senior team in 2000. He made a number of appearances as a substitute and won consecutive Leinster SHC medals over the following two years.^[7] Corcoran was also an unused substitute when Kilkenny beat Offaly by 5–15 to 1–14 in the 2000 All-Ireland SHC final.^[8]

Coláiste Éamann Rís

• Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 1998

Erin's Own

• Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1999
• Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship: 2010
• Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship: 2010
• Kilkenny Minor B Hurling Championship: 1997

Kilkenny

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 2000
• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 2000, 2001
• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1994
• Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1999
• Leinster Minor Hurling Championship: 1997