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Place of Birth: Ballinasloe, Connacht, Ireland
About Conor Cooney
- Conor Cooney (born 22 October 1992) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a left corner-forward for the Galway senior team. Born in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Cooney first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Gort Community School.
- Here he won back-to-back Connacht medals, however, an All-Ireland medal remained elusive.
- Cooney first appeared for the St.
- Thomas' club at juvenile and underage levels, winning a county under-21 championship medal in 2013.
- With the St.
- Thomas' senior team he won an All-Ireland medal in 2013.
- He has also won two county senior championship medals. Cooney made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Galway minor team.
- He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team and won an All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute in 2009.
- He subsequently joined the Galway under-21 team, winning an All-Ireland medal in that grade in 2011.
- Cooney made his senior debut during the 2012 Walsh Cup and quickly became a regular member of the starting fifteen.
- Since then he has won two Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal. On 3 September 2017, Cooney started for Galway as they won their first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 29 years against Waterford.
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