Con O'Callaghan (Gaelic footballer)

Con O'Callaghan
Personal information
Irish name Conal Ó Ceallacháin
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Forward
Born Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Student
Club(s)
Years Club
Cuala
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Dublin titles 0 2
Leinster titles 0 2
All-Ireland titles 0 2
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2016– Dublin 12 (3-28)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 3
All-Irelands 3
NFL 2
All Stars 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23 July 2017.

Con O'Callaghan (born April 1996) is a Gaelic footballer for Dublin and dual player in football and hurling for Cuala. He also was a dual player at minor level in inter-county.

Career

O'Callaghan made his football championship debut for Dublin against Laois in the quarter finals of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. He scored a single point against Laois as Dublin progressed to the Leinster Semi-Final.[1] He made his second appearance against in Dublin's semi final victory over Meath and continued this trend in the final against Westmeath.[2][3] He failed to make an appearance outside the Leinster Championship but won a medal as a squad member of the 2016 All-Ireland Champions Dublin.

2017 started with O'Callaghans first start as a senior inter-county footballer with Dublin. He started the game against Carlow in the quarter final of the Leinster Championship. He scored two points from frees and failed to score from play in the victory over a very defensive Carlow side.[4] In the Leinster semi final against Westmeath, he scored his first points of the 2017 campaign from play. He scored a total of 3 points from play in Dublin's victory over Westmeath in the semi-final.[5] In July 2017, he won his second Leinster senior football championship with Dublin what proved to be his most prolific game from a scoring point of view. He scored a total of 0-12 points against Kildare at Croke Park and helped guide Dublin to their seventh Leinster Championship victory in a row.[6] O'Callaghan won the All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship with Dublin in 2017, scoring a total of 1-03 against Galway at O'Connor Park.[7] In the 2017 All-Ireland Final, O'Callaghan scored a goal for Dublin after 90 seconds of play as they went on to win their third All-Ireland title in a row.[8]

In November 2017, O'Callaghan won his first football All-Star award and was also named as the All Stars Young Footballer of the Year.[9][10]

Club

As of match played 10 February 2018.
Team Year Leinster All-Ireland Total
AppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Cuala 2015-16 20-0200-0020-02
2016-17 36-1021-0557-15
2017-18 33-0810-0443-12
Total 89-2031-091110-29

Honours

Cuala
Dublin
UCD
Awards

References

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  6. ↑ http://www.the42.ie/dublin-kildare-2-3499146-Jul2017/
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  8. ↑ "All-Ireland player ratings - Mayo had more top performers but Dublin have the trophy - Independent.ie". Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Andy Moran and Joe Canning are football and hurler of the year". Irish Examiner. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "What makes Con O'Callaghan so special?". Irish Examiner. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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