Wicklow county hurling team

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The Wicklow county hurling team represents Wicklow in hurling and is governed by Wicklow GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the Christy Ring Cup and the National Hurling League.

Irish:Cill Mhantáin
Nickname(s):The Garden County
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Wicklow
Sport:Hurling
Irish:Cill Mhantáin
Nickname(s):The Garden County
County board:Wicklow GAA
Manager:Jonathan O'Neill
Home venue(s):Echelon Park
Recent competitive record
Last championship title:None
Current NHL Division:3 (3rd in 2025)
Last league title:None
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Wicklow's home ground is Echelon Park, Aughrim. The team's manager is Jonathan O'Neill.

The team has never won the Leinster Senior Championship, the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League.

History

Wicklow won the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship in 1967 and 1971.

Wicklow won the Kehoe Cup on seven occasions: in 1989, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Panel

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More information No., Player ...
No. Player Position Club
1 Conor McNally Goalkeeper Bray Emmets
2 Tommy Collins Right corner-back Carnew Emmets
3 John Henderson Full-back Bray Emmets
4 Rian Waters Left corner-back Donard the Glen
5 Jack Doyle Left half-forward Carnew Emmetts
6 Padraig Doran Centre-back Carnew Emmets
7 Sam O'Dowd Left half-back Glenealy
8 John Toomey Midfield Ballincor
9 Midfield Kilcoole
10 Right half-forward Bray Emmets
11 Centre-forward Bray Emmets
12 Left half-forward Glenealy
13 Right corner-forward St Patrick's
14 Full-forward Glenealy
15 Left corner-forward Glenealy
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INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team.
RET Player has since retired from the county team.
WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

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Management team

Appointed January 2024:[2]

Managerial history

Efforts to find a manager to replace Michael Neary led the Wicklow County Board to advertise the position in the national media in early 2005.[3]

Michael Neary Dublin[4] 2000–2004

Willie Carley Wexford 2005–2006[5][4]

Michael Nearyi Dublin[4] 2006[4][6]

Brendan Cuddihy 2006[7]

John Mitchell 2006–2008

Michael Phelan 2009

Casey O'Brien 2009–2015[8][additional citation(s) needed]

Martin Storey Wexford 2015–2016[9][10][11]

Séamus Murphy Wexford 2016–2018[12][13][14]

Éamonn Scallan Wexford 2018–2022[15][16]

Casey O'Brien Wicklow 2022–2024[17][18]

Jonathan O'Neill Wicklow 2024–

Players

Notable players

Awards

Wicklow has 24, as of 2025. 16 different players have won, as of 2025. 2005: Joe Murphy
2007: Don Hyland
2008: Jonathan O'Neill
2009: Jeffrey Bermingham
2010: Andy O'Brien, Jonathan O'Neill2nd
2011: Andy O'Brien2nd
2012: Eamonn Kearns, Jonathan O'Neill3rd, Ronan Keddy
2013: Liam Kennedy
2014: Stephen Kelly
2015: B Cuddihy
2016: Luke Maloney
2017: Eamonn Kearns2nd, Andy O'Brien3rd
2018: John Henderson, Warren Kavanagh
2019: John Henderson2nd
2020: Christy Moorehouse
2023: Andrew Kavanagh, Christy Moorehouse2nd, Andy O'Brien4th
2025: Pádraig Doyle

Crest and colours

Wicklow's traditional team colours are royal blue and gold. The kits are usually blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks with a gold trim. Wicklow's alternative jersey is white with blue shorts and blue socks.

The Wicklow crest features the roundtower of Glendalough in the foreground surrounded by a large 'W' standing for the name of the county. In the background of the crest is a green mountain, representing the Wicklow Mountains and below is a hand holding a Gaelic football and a hurley and sliotar.

Team sponsorship

W H Scott Lifting became Wicklow's Hurling shirt sponsor ahead of the 2017 season.[19]

More information Manufacturer, Shirt sponsor ...
Manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Years Sponsor
O'Neills
1999–2003 Wicklow GoI
2004–2005 White Young Green
2006–2009 Ballymore Group
2010–2013 Brennan Hotels
2014–2016 Arklow Bay Hotel
2016– 2018 W H Scott Lifting
2019– YUASA
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Honours

National

Provincial

References

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