| Barry O'Connell | |
| Irish: | Barra Ó Conaill |
| Birth Date: | 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Kildimo, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 4 |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Code: | Hurling |
| County: | Limerick |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Kildimo-Pallaskenry |
| Clcounty: | 3 |
| Colleges: | Limerick Institute of Technology |
| Fitz: | 0 |
| Counties: | Limerick |
| Icyears: | 2016-2019 |
| Icposition: | Right wing-forward |
| Icapps(Points): | 0 (0-00) |
| Icprovince: | 0 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nhl: | 1 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 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]
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]
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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||