Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Tomás Ó Conaill | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left corner-forward | ||
Born | 1939 Romford, Essex, England |
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Occupation | Mechanic | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Éire Óg Fenians |
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Club titles | |||
Kilkenny titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1959-1966 | Kilkenny | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 1 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 0 |
Thomas "Tommy" O'Connell (born 1939) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
O'Connell made his first appearance for the team during the 1959 championship and was a semi-regular member of the starting fifteen for the following sevens easons. During that time he won one Leinster winners' medal. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion, after scoring a hat-trick of goals in the final.
At club level O'Connell was a two-time county club championship medalist with Fenians.