Conor O'Brien (hurler)

For other people of the same name, see Conor O' Brien.

Conor O'Brien

Personal information
Irish name	Conchur Ó Briain
Sport	Hurling
Position	Corner Back
Born	30 May 1985 (1985-05-30) (age 26) Anacarty, County Tipperary
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Occupation	Garda
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Éire Óg Anacarty
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2008-	Tipperary	3 (0-0)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All Irelands	1
NHL	1

Conor O'Brien (born 30 May 1985 in Anacarty, County Tipperary) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Eire Óg Anacarty and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.

Playing career

Club

O’Brien plays his club hurling with his local Éire Óg Anacarty club and in 2006 captured an intermediate county title with the club.

Inter-county

O’Brien first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary ("Tipp") minor hurling team in the early 2000s. He won a Munster minor title in 2002, although success at All-Ireland level eluded him in that year. O’Brien was a substitute when Tipp won another Munster minor title in 2003 as well as a Munster under-21 title in 2004. Two years later in 2006 he won a Munster under-21 title on the field of play, but All-Ireland success proved elusive once again. In 2007 O’Brien made his senior debut against Dubin in the National Hurling League. The following year he was a key member of the team as Tipp won the National League outright. Later that summer O’Brien made his championship debut against Cork.

On 5 September 2010, O'Brien came on as a second half substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4-17 to 1-18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was O'Briens's first All-Ireland winners medal.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Rampant Tipp deny Cats immortality". Irish Independent. 2010-09-06. http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/rampant-tipp-deny-cats-immortality-2326052.html. Retrieved 2010-09-08. 

External links

• Tipperary Player Profiles

Teams

Persondata
Name	Obrien, Conor
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	30 May 1985
Place of birth	Anacarty
Date of death
Place of death