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Barry O'Connell
Personal information
Irish name	Barra Ó Conaill
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right wing-forward
Born	1994; Kildimo, County Limerick, Ireland
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Kildimo-Pallaskenry
Club titles
Limerick titles	3
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	Limerick Institute of Technology
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County
2016-2019	Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	1
NHL	1
All Stars	0
	*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:20, 3 May 2019.

Barry O'Connell (born 1994) is an Irish hurler who plays for Limerick Premier Championship club Kildimo-Pallaskenry. He usually lines out as a right wing-forward. O'Connell is a former member of the Limerick senior hurling team.^[1]

Playing career

University

During his studies at the Limerick Institute of Technology, O'Connell was selected for the college's senior hurling team for the Fitzgibbon Cup.^[2]

Club

O'Connell joined the Kildimo-Pallaskenry club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels, before eventually joining the club's top adult team.^{[citation needed]}

On 28 October 2017, O'Connell captained Kildimo-Pallaskenry to the Limerick Intermediate Championship title. He scored a point from right wing-forward in the 2-13 to 0-09 defeat of Glenroe in the final.^{[citation needed]}

Inter-county

Minor and under-21

O'Connell first played for Limerick as a member of the minor team on 27 April 2011 in a 2-14 to 0-12 Munster Championship defeat of Cork.^[3] His two seasons with the minor team ended without success.

O'Connell subsequently joined the Limerick under-21 hurling team and won a Munster Championship medal in his first season after a 0-22 to 0-19 win over Clare in the final.^[4] On 12 September 2015, he was at centre-back when Limerick defeated Wexford by 0-26 to 1-07 in the All-Ireland final.^[5]

Intermediate

O'Connell played for the Limerick intermediate hurling team for the first time on 9 June 2013 in a 0-20 to 0-15 Munster Championship defeat by Tipperary.^[6] He also lined out during Limerick's unsuccessful championship campaign in 2015.^[7]

Senior

O'Connell joined the Limerick senior panel in January 2016.^[8] He made his first appearance for the team in a 1-19 to 0-14 National Hurling League defeat of Offaly on 6 March 2016.^[9]

O'Connell was included on the panel again in 2017, however, he was not included on Limerick's championship panel.^[10]

O'Connell rejoined the Limerick senior panel in 2018. On 19 August 2018, he was a member of the extended panel when Limerick won their first All-Ireland title in 45 years after a 3-16 to 2-18 defeat of Galway in the final.^[11]

O'Connell was a member of Limerick's extended panel once again during the 2019 National League, however, he made no appearance during Limerick's eight-game run to the title.^[12] He was dropped from the panel prior to the start of the Munster Championship.^[13]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 March 2019.

Team	Year	National League			Munster		All-Ireland		Total
Team	Year	Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Limerick	2016	Division 1B	2	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	2	0-00
	2017		0	0-00	—		—		0	0-00
	2018		5	0-04	0	0-00	0	0-00	5	0-04
	2019	Division 1A	0	0-00	—		—		0	0-00
Total			7	0-04	0	0-00	0	0-00	7	0-04