Niall Corcoran Explained

Niall Corcoran
Irish:Níall Ó Corcráin
Occupation:Games Promotion Officer
Birth Date:9 July 1982
Birth Place:Ballinasloe, Ireland
Height:1.780NaN0
Sport:Hurling
Code:Hurling
County:Dublin
Province:Leinster
Club:Meelick-Eyrecourt
Kilmacud Crokes
Clyears:
2008–
Clposition:Left Corner Back
Clcounty:2
Counties:Dublin
Icyears:2008–2016
Icposition:Left Corner Back
Icprovince:1
Nhl:1

Niall Corcoran (born 9 July 1982) is a hurling coach and former player at senior level for the Dublin county team until 2016.

County Hurling

He won the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship with Galway in 2000.[1] He made his championship debut with Dublin against Westmeath in the quarter-final of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.[2] Corcoran won the National Hurling League with Dublin in 2011.

Corcoran coaches with Kilmacud Crokes. Corcoran is easy to pick out on the pitch, as he wears a distinctive black and red Mycro helmet.

In 2018, Corcoran joined Eddie Brennan's Laois hurling backroom team.[3] After coaching the Laois hurlers, he joined Davy Fitzgerald's Wexford backroom team when Brennan left the Laois job at the end of 2020.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hill16.ie/viewstoryhill16.asp?mainheading=Word+on+The+Hill&id=8706&viewstory=yes HILL 16
  2. http://www.hill16.ie/viewstoryhill16.asp?mainheading=Word+on+The+Hill&id=8736&viewstory=yes HILL 16
  3. News: Key appointments made as Eddie Brennan announces his Laois hurling backroom team . 19 October 2018 . Siun . Lennon . laoistoday.ie . 15 June 2020 .
  4. News: Corcoran added to Wexford backroom team. Hogan Stand. 8 December 2020.