Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pól Ó Cillín | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left corner-back | ||
Born |
Tynagh, County Galway, Ireland | 24 June 1994||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2011-present | Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry | ||
Club titles | |||
Galway titles | 0 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
2013-2017 | Limerick Institute of Technology | ||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2014-present | Galway | 11 (0-01) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 0 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 16:53, 4 January 2019. |
Paul Killeen (born 24 June 1994) is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner-back for club side Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team.
Killeen first came to prominence as a hurler with Portumna Community School. After playing in every grade of hurling during his tenure there, he eventually played in the Connacht Championship with the senior team.[ citation needed]
As a student at the Limerick Institute of Technology, Killeen was a regular player on the university's senior hurling team in the Fitzgibbon Cup. [1]
Killeen joined the Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's top adult team.[ citation needed]
Killeen first played for Galway as a member of the minor hurling team on 23 July 2011. He made his first appearance in an 8–26 to 0-12 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of Antrim at Parnell Park. [2] On 4 September 2011, Killeen was at full-back for Galway's 1–21 to 1–12 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. [3]
Killeen was appointed captain of the Galway minor team in his second and final season. On 19 August 2012, he was red-carded in the 45th minute of an All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Tipperary. [4]
As a member of the Galway under-21 hurling team, Killeen made his first appearance on 24 August 2013 in a 1–16 to 0-07 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Clare. [5]
Killeen made his debut for the Galway senior team on 9 March 2014 in a 2–16 to 1-16 National Hurling League defeat by Kilkenny. [6] He later made his first championship start on 1 June 2014 in a 1–22 to 0–23 defeat of Laois. [7]
On 6 September 2015, Killeen was an unused substitute for Galway's 1–22 to 1–18 defeat by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. [8]
On 23 April 2017, Killeen was at left corner-back when Galway defeated Tipperary by 3–21 to 0–14 to win the National Hurling League. [9] In Galway's opening Leinster Championship against Dublin on 28 May 2017, Killeen suffered a cruciate knee injury while ended his season. [10]
On 8 July 2018, Killeen won a Leinster Championship medal following Galway's 1–28 to 3–15 defeat of Kilkenny in the final replay. [11] In the subsequent All-Ireland final against Limerick on 19 August, Killeen started the game on the bench but was introduced as a replacement for John Hanbury. Galway were beaten by 3–16 to 2–18. [12]
Team | Year | National League | Leinstser | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Galway | 2014 | Division 1A | 3 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-01 |
2015 | 3 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | ||
2016 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||
2017 | Division 1B | 7 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | — | 8 | 0-01 | ||
2018 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-00 | ||
Total | 13 | 0-01 | 8 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-00 | 24 | 0-02 |