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Galway hurler (born 1996)

Conor Whelan Personal information Native name Conchúir Ó Faoláin (Irish) Nickname Whelo Born (1996-10-31) 31 October 1996 (age 29) Kinvara, County Galway, Ireland Occupations Head of Well-Being & Business Development at Castle Group Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Sport Sport Hurling Position Right corner-forward Club Years Club 2013– Kinvara Club titles Galway titles 0 College Years College University of Galway College titles Fitzgibbon titles 0 Inter-county* Years County Apps (scores) 2015– Galway 58 (16–126) Inter-county titles Leinster titles 2 All-Irelands 1 NHL 2 All Stars 2 *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of match played 21 June 2025.

**Conor Whelan** (born 31 October 1996) is an Irish [hurler](/source/Hurling) who plays as a right corner forward for club side [Kinvara](/source/Kinvara_GAA) and at senior level for the [Galway county team](/source/Galway_county_hurling_team).

## Playing career

### University of Galway

As a student at the [University of Galway](/source/University_of_Galway), Whelan has been a regular player on the university's senior hurling team in the [Fitzgibbon Cup](/source/Fitzgibbon_Cup).[1]

### Kinvara

Whelan joined the [Kinvara](/source/Kinvara_GAA) club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's intermediate team.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### Galway

#### Minor and under-21

Whelan first played for Galway as a member of the minor hurling team on 28 July 2013. He made his first appearance in a 1-19 to 0-13 [All-Ireland quarter-final](/source/All-Ireland_Minor_Hurling_Championship) defeat of [Laois](/source/Laois_GAA).[2] On 8 September 2013, Whelan was at right corner-forward in Galway's 1-21 to 0-16 defeat by [Waterford](/source/Waterford_GAA) in the All-Ireland final at [Croke Park](/source/Croke_Park).[3]

Whelan's second and final season with the Galway minor team ended with a 1-27 to 2-09 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by [Limerick](/source/Limerick_GAA) on 17 August 2014.[4]

As a member of the Galway under-21 hurling team, Whelan made his first appearance on 22 August 2015 in a 1-20 to 0-17 [All-Ireland semi-final](/source/All-Ireland_Under-21_Hurling_Championship) defeat by [Limerick](/source/Limerick_GAA).[5]

On 10 September 2016, Whelan scored two points in a 5-15 to 0-14 defeat by Waterford in the All-Ireland final.[6]

Whelan ended the 2017 championship by being named on the Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year.[7]

#### Intermediate

On 1 July 2015, Whelan made his first appearance for the Galway intermediate hurling team.[8] He later won a [Leinster Championship](/source/Leinster_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship) medal following Galway's 1-20 to 0-11 defeat of [Wexford](/source/Wexford_GAA) in the final.[9]

#### Senior

Whelan made his debut for the Galway senior team on 26 July 2015, scoring 1-02 from play in a 2-28 to 0-22 [All-Ireland quarter-final](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship) defeat of [Cork](/source/Cork_GAA).[10][11] On 6 September 2015, Whelan scored two points from right wing-forward in a 1-22 to 1-18 defeat by [Kilkenny](/source/Kilkenny_GAA) in the All-Ireland final.[12]

On 23 April 2017, Whelan scored five points from play when Galway defeated [Tipperary](/source/Tipperary_GAA) by 3-21 to 0-14 to win the [National Hurling League](/source/National_Hurling_League).[13] Later that season he won his first [Leinster Championship](/source/Leinster_Senior_Hurling_Championship) medal after Galway's 0-29 to 1-17 defeat of Wexford in the final.[14] On 3 September 2017, Whelan started for Galway at right corner-forward when they won their first All-Ireland in 29 years after a 0-26 to 2-17 defeat of Waterford in the final.[15] He ended the season by winning an [All-Star](/source/GAA_GPA_All_Stars_Awards) award as well as being named [All Stars Young Hurler of the Year](/source/All_Stars_Young_Hurler_of_the_Year).[16]

On 8 July 2018, Whelan won a second successive Leinster Championship medal following Galway's 1-28 to 3-15 defeat of Kilkenny in the final.[17] On 19 August 2018, he scored a goal from right corner-forward in Galway's 3-16 to 2-18 All-Ireland final defeat by [Limerick](/source/Limerick_GAA).[18]

## Career statistics

- *As of match played 21 June 2025*

Team Year National League Leinstser All-Ireland Total Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Galway 2015 Division 1A 0 0-00 0 0-00 3 1-06 3 1-06 2016 6 0-06 3 1-05 2 0-02 11 1-13 2017 Division 1B 7 3-12 3 0-12 2 0-05 12 3-29 2018 5 2-05 6 2-13 3 1-06 14 5-24 2019 5 1-07 4 1-10 — 9 2-17 2020 Division 1A 5 3-06 2 0-06 1 0-01 8 3-13 2021 5 2-11 1 1-02 1 0-03 7 3-16 2022 4 0-07 5 1-13 2 1-04 11 2-24 2023 4 1-04 6 6-11 2 1-07 12 8-22 2024 5 0-11 — 5 0-11 2025 6 0-08 1 0-01 7 0-09 Total 41 12-58 41 12-91 17 4-35 99 28-184

## Honours

**Galway**

- [All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship) (1): [2017](/source/2017_All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship)

- [Leinster Senior Hurling Championship](/source/Leinster_Senior_Hurling_Championship) (2): [2017](/source/2017_All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship#Leinster_Senior_Hurling_Championship), [2018](/source/2018_All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship#Leinster_Senior_Hurling_Championship)

- [National Hurling League Division 1](/source/National_Hurling_League) (2): [2017](/source/2017_National_Hurling_League), [2021](/source/2021_National_Hurling_League)

- [Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship](/source/Leinster_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship) (1): [2015](/source/2015_All-Ireland_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship#Leinster_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship)

**Club**

- [Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship](/source/Galway_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship) (1): [2019](/source/2019_Galway_Intermediate_Hurling_Championship)

**Awards**

- [All Stars Young Hurler of the Year](/source/All_Stars_Young_Hurler_of_the_Year) (1): 2017

- [GAA GPA All Stars Awards](/source/GAA_GPA_All_Stars_Awards) (2): 2017, 2023

- *[The Sunday Game](/source/The_Sunday_Game)* Team of the Year (2): 2017, 2023

## References

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v t e Galway hurling team – current senior panel 1 D. Fahy 2 R. Glennon 3 C. Trayers 4 D. Morrissey (c) 5 P. Mannion 6 D. Burke 7 G. Lee 8 T. Killeen 9 C. Daniels 10 T. Monaghan 11 C. Mannion 12 D. Neary 13 J. Rabbitte 14 C. Whelan 15 A Niland Substitutes 16 É. Murphy 17 J. Ryan 18 F. Burke 19 S. Morgan 20 C. Fahy 21 S. Linnane 22 J. Fleming 23 C. Molloy 24 C. Cooney 25 R. Burke 26 B. Concannon Manager M. Donoghue Selectors F. Forde N. Larkin E. O'Shea As of game vs Dublin on 6 June 2026

Conor Whelan navigation boxes v t e Galway – 2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship finalist 1 C. Tuohy 2 M. Ó Conghaile 3 D. O'Donoghue 4 M. Conneely 5 R. Doyle 6 S. Cooney 7 É. Burke 8 S. Linnane 9 J. Hastings 10 C. Shaughnessy 11 D. Dolan (c) 12 R. O'Meara 13 C. Whelan 14 B. Molloy 15 A. Morrissey Subs used V. Doyle for R. Doyle B. Burke for C. Whelan R. Bellew for J. Hastings S. Burke for É. Burke Manager M. Murphy Selectors M. Fogarty M. Flanagan v t e Galway – 2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship finalist 1 C. Tuohy 2 C. Jennings 3 D. O'Donoghue 4 D. Cronin 5 V. Doyle 6 S. Cooney 7 S. Loftus 8 D. Dolan 9 D. Nevin 10 K. McHugo 11 B. Molloy (c) 12 S. Linnane 13 T. Monaghan 14 C. Whelan 15 É. Burke Subs used 19 É. Brannigan for T. Monaghan 21 J. Grealish for K. McHugo 17 F. Burke for D. Nevin 20 C. Burke for S. Linnane 18 A. Morrissey for D. Dolan Manager T. Ward v t e Galway – 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finalist 1 C. Callanan 2 J. Coen 3 J. Hanbury 4 P. Mannion 5 A. Harte 6 I. Tannian 7 D. Burke 8 A. Smith 9 D. Burke 10 C. Whelan 11 C. Donnellan 12 J. Glynn 13 J. Flynn 14 J. Canning 15 C. Mannion Subs 22 D. Collins (c) for Harte 21 C. Cooney for Smith 20 G. Lally for Donnellan 23 S. Moloney for Flynn Subs not used 16 J. Skehill 17 F. Moore 18 P. Killeen 19 G. McInerney 24 N. Healy 25 J. Cooney 26 B. Molloy Manager A. Cunningham Selectors E. Cloonan D. Curley P. Malone v t e Galway – 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (5th title) 1 C. Callanan 2 A. Tuohey 3 Daithí Burke 4 J. Hanbury 5 P. Mannion 6 G. McInerney 7 A. Harte 8 J. Coen 9 David Burke (c) 10 J. Cooney 11 J. Canning 12 J. Glynn 13 C. Whelan 14 C. Cooney 15 C. Mannion Subs used 20 N. Burke for Glynn 22 J. Flynn for C. Mannion 24 S. Moloney for David Burke Subs not used 16 J. Skehill 17 R. Burke 18 S. Loftus 19 J. Grealish 21 É. Burke 23 T. Monaghan 25 D. Glennon 26 C. Donnellan Manager M. Donoghue Selectors F. Forde N. Larkin v t e Galway – 2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finalist 1 J. Skehill 2 A. Tuohey 3 Daithí Burke 4 J. Hanbury 5 P. Mannion 6 G. McInerney 7 A. Harte 8 J. Coen 9 David Burke (c) 10 J. Cooney 11 J. Canning 12 J. Glynn 13 C. Whelan 14 C. Cooney 15 C. Mannion Subs used 22 N. Burke for C. Mannion 17 P. Killeen for J. Hanbury 25 J. Flynn for C. Cooney 18 S. Loftus for J. Coen 16 F. Flannery for J. Skehill Subs not used 19 S. Linnane 20 R. Burke 21 S. Cooney 23 T. Monaghan 24 É. Burke 26 D. Glennon Manager M. Donoghue Selectors F. Forde N. Larkin v t e 2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling – Team of the Year 1 D. Brennan 2 S. Finn 3 C. Delaney 4 S. Loftus 5 R. Lynch 6 K. Hayes 7 J. Cleere 8 C. Ryan 9 R. Hanley 10 A. Gillane 11 D. Dalton 12 C. Lynch 13 C. Whelan 14 P. Casey 15 T. Monaghan v t e 2017 All-Stars Hurling Team 1 S. O'Keeffe 2 P. Mannion 3 D. Burke 4 N. Connors 5 P. Maher 6 G. McInerney 7 M. Coleman 8 J. Barron 9 D. Burke 10 K. Moran 11 J. Canning HOTY 12 M. Walsh 13 C. Whelan 14 C. Cooney 15 P. Horgan v t e 2023 All-Stars Hurling Team 1 E. Murphy 2 M. Butler 3 H. Lawlor 4 D. Morrissey 5 D. Byrnes 6 J. Conlon 7 K. Hayes 8 D. O'Donovan 9 W. O'Donoghue 10 S. O'Donnell 11 T. J. Reid 12 T. Morrissey 13 C. Whelan 14 A. GillaneHOTY 15 E. Cody v t e GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year 1996: M. Foley 1997: E. O'Neill 1998: S. Byrne 1999: D. O'Sullivan 2000: N. Hickey 2001: E. Kelly 2002: E. Kelly 2003: S. Ó hAilpín 2004: B. Murphy 2005: D. Collins 2006: J. Fitzpatrick 2007: S. Hickey 2008: J. Canning 2009: N. McGrath 2010: B. Maher 2011: L. Rushe 2012: J. Coen 2013: T. Kelly 2014: C. Barrett 2015: T. de Búrca 2016: A. Gleeson 2017: C. Whelan 2018: K. Hayes 2019: A. Mullen 2020: E. Cody 2021: E. Cody 2022: M. Butler 2023: M. Rodgers 2024: A. Hogan 2025: D. McCarthy

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