Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Kevin Mahony | |
Irish: | Caoimhín Ó Mathúna |
Birth Date: | 2001 |
Birth Place: | Ballygunner, County Waterford, Ireland |
Occupation: | Accountant |
County: | Waterford |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Ballygunner |
Clyears: | 2019-present |
Clcounty: | 5 |
Clprovince: | 3 |
Clallireland: | 1 |
Colleges: | University College Cork |
Counties: | Waterford |
Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
Icyears: | 2023-present |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Kevin Mahony (born 2001) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Ballygunner and at inter-county level with the Waterford senior hurling team.
Mahony first played hurling to a high standard as a student at De La Salle College in Waterford. He lined out in all grades, including the Dr Harty Cup.[1] Mahony later played with University College Cork.
At club level, Sheahan first played for Ballygunner at juvenile and underage levels, winning back-to-back Waterford MHC titles in 2017 and 2018. He eventually progressed to adult level and, after a year with the intermediate team, he won his first Waterford SHC medal in 2020.[2] It was the first of five successive Waterford SHC titles for Mahony. He has also won three Munster Club SHC titles and was at full-forward for Ballygunner's defeat of Ballyhale Shamrocks in the 2022 All-Ireland club final.[3]
Mahony first played for Waterford as a member of the minor team in 2018.[4] He later progressed to the under-20 team.[5] Mahony made his senior team debut during the 2023 National Hurling League.[6]
His uncles, Billy, Darragh and Shane O'Sullivan, as well as his brothers, Philip and Pauric Mahony, have also played with Ballygunner and the Waterford senior team.[7] [8] [9]
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