Alan O'Connor

Alan O'Connor
Personal information
Irish name	Ailéin Ó Conchubhair
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Midfield
Born	(1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 Lucan, Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St. Colum's Carbery
Club titles
Cork titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2008-2013,2015-	Cork
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	3
All-Irelands	1
NFL	3
All Stars	0

Alan O'Connor (born 2 June 1985) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder for the Cork senior team.^[1]

Born in Lucan, Dublin, O'Connor arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He made his senior debut in the 2008 championship. O'Connor went on to play a key role on the team for five years, and won one All-Ireland medal, three Munster medals and three National Football League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

O'Connor represented the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions throughout his career, winning one Railway Cup medal. At club level he won one championship medal with divisional side Carbery while also playing for St. Colum's.

O'Connor announced his retirement from inter-county football on 18 November 2013. He returned to the panel in May 2015.^[2]^[3]

Honours

St. Colum's

Cork Junior B Hurling Championship (1): 2003

Carbery

Cork Senior Football Championship (1): 2004

Cork

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 2010
Munster Senior Football Championship (3): 2008, 2009, 2012
National Football League (3): 2010, 2011, 2012
All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (2): 2005, 2007
Munster Junior Football Championship (2): 2005, 2007
Munster Under-21 Football Championship (2): 2004, 2005, 2006

Munster

Railway Cup (1): 2008

References

↑ "Player profile: Alan O'Connor". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
↑ Hurley, Denis (19 November 2013). "New dilemma for Cork as O'Connor joins exodus". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
↑ "Cork's Alan O'Connor retires from inter-county football". Irish Independent. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

Cork senior football team – current panel

1 R. Price

2 C. Dorman
3 E. Cadogan
4 J. Loughrey

5 Tomás Clancy
6 Brian O'Driscoll
7 K. O'Driscoll

8 S. Kiely
9 I. Maguire

10 C. O'Driscoll
11 P. Kerrigan
12 M.Collins

Substitutes: 16 M. A. Martin; 17 D. Goulding; 18 D. O'Connor; 19 L. Connolly; 20 N. Galvin; 21 P. Kelleher; 22 R. Deane; 23 S. Powter; 24 S. White; 25 S. Cronin; 26 Tom Clancy

Manager: P Healy

Selectors: É. Ryan; E. O'Neill; M. O'Sullivan

(Team as of 12 June 2016 versus Tipperary)

Cork – 2005 All Ireland Junior Football Champions (13th title)

1 A. Quirke 2 C. Murphy 3 D. Wiseman 4 M. Prout 5 M. Fehilly 6 G. Spillane 7 E. Wiseman 8 A. O'Connor 9 S. O'Sullivan 10 J. Buckley 11 S. Hayes 12 J. Russell 13 D. Goulding 14 V. Hurley 15 P. Dunlea Subs used D. O'Connor N. O'Riordan

Cork – 2006 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship runners-up

1 K. O'Halloran 2 R. Carey 3 C. Murphy 4 S. O'Donoghue 5 D. Limerick 6 M. Shields 7 E. Cadogan 8 A. O'Connor 9 P. Kelly 10 F. Goold 11 C. Keane 12 P. Kerrigan (c) 13 D. Goulding 14 P. O'Flynn 15 J. Hayes Subs used G. O'Shea for J. Hayes F. Lynch for P. Kelly

Cork – 2007 All-Ireland Junior Football Champions (14th title)

1 K. Murphy 2 D. Wiseman 3 E. Wiseman 4 D. O'Riordan 5 P. Kissane 6 B. Cogan 7 M. Feehily 8 A. O'Sullivan 9 A. O'Connor 10 F. Lynch 11 V. Hurley 12 S. O'Sullivan 13 C. Brosnan 14 N. O'Sullivan 15 P. Dunlea

Cork – 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 20 E. Cadogan for K. O'Connor; F. Goold for P. Kerrigan; 24 D. Kavanagh for A. Lynch; J. Masters for D. Goulding; 27 M. Cussen for A. O'Connor

Subs not used: 2 R. Carey; K. Murphy; P. Kissane; G. Spillane; F. Lynch; J. Hayes; P. O'Flynn; C. McCarthy; B. O'Regan; A. Walsh

Manager: C. Counihan

Selectors: G. O'Sullivan; P. Healy; J. Nolan; T. O'Neill

Cork – 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (7th title)

Subs used: 25 N. Murphy for A. O'Connor; 6 G. Canty (c) for P. Kissane; 29 C. O'Neill for P. O'Neill; 24 D. Kavanagh for N. Murphy; 30 J. Hayes for P. Kerrigan

Subs not used: 16 P. O'Shea; 18 J. O'Sullivan; 19 E. Cotter; 20 K. O'Connor; 21 G. Spillane; 22 C. O'Driscoll; 23 B. O'Regan; 26 F. Goold; 27 K. McMahon; 28 F. Lynch; 31 K. O'Halloran; 32 P. O'Flynn; 33 A. Lynch

Manager: C. Counihan

Selectors: G. O'Sullivan; P. Healy; J. Nolan; T. O'Neill

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