| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Niall Arthur | |
| Irish: | Niall Mac Artúir |
| Occupation: | Primary school teacher |
| County: | Louth |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | Inagh-Kilnamona O'Tooles St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh Inniskeen Grattans |
| Colleges: | St. Patrick's College |
| Fitz: | 0 |
| Counties: | Louth Monaghan |
| Icposition: | Full-forward |
| Icyears: | 2018 2023 |
| Icprovince: | 0 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 22:37, 17 June 2023 |
| Birth Date: | 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Inagh, County Clare, Ireland |
Niall Arthur (born 1992) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Inniskeen Grattans, having earlier played with Inagh-Kilnamona, O'Tooles and St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh, while he has also played at senior inter-county level with Louth and Monaghan.
Arthur first played hurling to a high standard as a student at St. Flannan's College in Ennis, where he lined out on the Harty Cup team.[1] He later lined out in the Fitzgibbon Cup while studying at St. Patrick's College in Drumcondra.[2]
After beginning his club career with Inagh-Kilnamona in Clare, Arthur later transferred to the O'Tooles club in Dublin.[3] [4] He later spent a period of time playing with St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh before once again transferring to the Inniskeen Grattans club in Monaghan.[5]
Arthur first appeared on the inter-county scene with Clare as a member of the minor team that lost the 2010 All-Ireland minor final to Kilkenny.[6] He was also the team's top scorer that year with 0-50. Arthur progressed to the under-21 team and won back-to-back All-Ireland U21HC medals in 2012 and 2013.[7] [8]
Arthur never played for the Clare senior team, but declared for Louth in 2018.[9] He declared for Monaghan in 2023 and was part of the team that won the Lory Meagher Cup that year.[10]
| Team | Year | National League | Rackard Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Louth | 2018 | Division 3A | 5 | 7-50 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 7-50 | |
| Monaghan | 2023 | Division 3A | 2 | 0-06 | 5 | 1-59 | 7 | 1-65 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0-26 | 5 | 0-47 | 9 | 0-73 | |||
| Total | 11 | 7-82 | 10 | 1-106 | 21 | 8-188 | |||
2012, 2013
2010