Simon Whelahan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Síomón Ó Faoileacháin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born |
27 July 1976 Birr, County Offaly, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Birr | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Offaly titles | 10 | ||
| Leinster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 3 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1998-2004 | Offaly | 25 (0-19) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Simon Whelehan (born 27 July 1976) is an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Offaly senior hurling team.
Whelehan made his first appearance for the team during the 1998 championship and subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 2004 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal. Whelehan was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Whelehan is a three-time All-Ireland medalist with Birr. In addition to this he has also won five Leinster medals and ten county club championship medals.
Whelehan's father, Pad Joe, and his brothers, Brian and Barry, also played hurling with Offaly.
Whelehan plays his club hurling with Birr and has enjoyed much success during a lengthy career.
By 1997 Whelehan was a regular member of the starting fifteen. That year he won his first county championship medal following a 0-14 to 2-4 defeat of Seir Kieran. He later added a Leinster medal to his collection following an 0-11 to 0-5 defeat of Castletown. The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Birr take on Sarsfield's of Galway. Darren Hanniffy scored the only goal of the game after just five minutes and gave Birr a lead that they would never surrender. A 1-13 to 0-9 victory gave Whelehan his first All-Ireland medal.
After surrendering their titles the following year, Birr bounced back in 1999. A 3-15 to 1-11 defeat of St. Rynagh's gave Whelehan a second championship medal. A subsequent 1-16 to 0-11 defeat of Castletown gave Whelehan a second Leinster medal.
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