| Cathal Mannion | |
| Irish: | Cathal Ó Mainnín |
| Birth Date: | 22 October 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland |
| Height: | 1.880NaN0 |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Code: | Hurling |
| County: | Galway |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | Ahascragh-Fohenagh Caltra |
| Clposition: | Centre forward |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Colleges: | NUI Galway |
| Fitz: | 0 |
| Colyears: | 2013–2018 |
| Counties: | Galway |
| Icyears: | 2014– |
| Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
| Icapps(Points): | 46 (5–109) |
| Icprovince: | 2 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nhl: | 2 |
| Allstars: | 1 |
| Icupdate: | 21:53, 18 June 2022 |
Cathal Mannion (born 22 October 1994) is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Ahascragh-Fohenagh and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left corner-forward.
Mannion joined the Ahascragh-Fohenagh 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 21 October 2016, Mannion scored a goal when Ahascragh-Fohenagh defeated Ballinderreen by 2–15 to 0–08 to win the Galway Intermediate Championship.[1] He later scored 2-11 when Ahascragh-Fohenagh won the Connacht Championship on 14 November following a 2–20 to 0–13 defeat of Ballyhaunis in the final.[2] On 18 February 2017, Mannion top scored for Ahascragh-Fohenagh with five points when they suffered a 2–15 to 0–06 defeat by Carrickshock in the All-Ireland final.[3]
Mannion first lined out for Galway as a member of the minor team during the 2011 All-Ireland Championship. He won an All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute on 4 September following Galway's 1–21 to 1–12 defeat of Dublin in the final.[4]
On 28 July 2012, Mannion made his first appearance for the Galway minor team. He scored two points from midfield in a 4–20 to 2–11 defeat of Wexford in the All-Ireland quarter-final.[5]
Mannion was drafted onto the Galway under-21 team for the 2013 All-Ireland Championship. He made his first appearance for the team on 24 August and scored three points from full-forward in a 1–16 to 0–07 defeat by Clare.[6] He played with the under-21 team for three years.
Mannion was still eligible for the under-21 grade when he was selected for the Galway senior team. He made his first appearance for the team on 16 February 2014 and scored four points from right corner-forward in a 0–28 to 1–12 defeat of Dublin in the National League.[7] Mannion was also included on Galway's starting fifteen for the Leinster Championship. He made his debut on 1 June in a 1–22 to 0–23 defeat of Laois.[8]
On 5 July 2015, Mannion lined out in his first Leinster final. He scored a point from right corner-forward in the 1–23 to 2–17 defeat by Kilkenny.[9] Mannion was switched to left corner-forward for the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny on 6 September. He was held scoreless in the 1–22 to 1–18 defeat.[10] Mannion ended the season by receiving an All-Star award.[11]
On 3 July 2016, Mannion scored five points in Galway's 1–26 to 0–22 defeat by Kilkenny in the Leinster final.[12]
Mannion claimed his first silverware with the Galway senior team on 22 April 2017. He scored 1-01 when Galway won the National League title after a 3–21 to 0–14 defeat of Tipperary in the final.[13] Mannion subsequently missed Galway's 0–29 to 1–17 defeat of Wexford in the Leinster final because of an ankle injury.[14] He was back on the starting fifteen for the All-Ireland final against Waterford on 3 September. Mannion scored two points from left corner-forward in the 0–26 to 2–17 victory in what was Galway's first All-Ireland Championship in 29 years.[15] [16] He ended the season by being receiving a second All-Star nomination.[17]
On 1 July 2018, Mannion scored three points for Galway in their 0-18 apiece draw with Kilkenny in the Leinster final.[18] The replay a week later saw him win his first Leinster Championship medal on the field of play after Galway retained the title with a 1–28 to 3–15 victory.[19] On 19 August, Mannion was at left corner-forward when Galway faced Limerick in the All-Ireland final. He was held scoreless throughout the 3–16 to 2–18 defeat.[20] Mannion ended the season by being nominated for a third All-Star award.[21]
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Galway | 2014 | Division 1A | 7 | 1-12 | 3 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-02 | 11 | 1-16 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 2-13 | 4 | 3-11 | 3 | 0-12 | 13 | 5-36 | |||
| 2016 | 6 | 0-10 | 3 | 0-07 | 2 | 0-01 | 11 | 0-18 | |||
| 2017 | Division 1B | 6 | 2-18 | 2 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-02 | 10 | 2-23 | ||
| 2018 | 6 | 1-17 | 6 | 0-13 | 3 | 0-05 | 15 | 1-35 | |||
| 2019 | 6 | 1-15 | 4 | 0-21 | — | 10 | 1-36 | ||||
| 2020 | Division 1A | 5 | 1-12 | 2 | 0-03 | 2 | 1-04 | 9 | 2-19 | ||
| 2021 | 5 | 1-08 | 1 | 0-01 | 1 | 1-00 | 7 | 2-09 | |||
| 2022 | 4 | 0-10 | 6 | 0-18 | 1 | 0-04 | 10 | 0-28 | |||
| Total | 51 | 9-115 | 31 | 3-79 | 15 | 2-30 | 96 | 14-220 | |||