Kevin Cooney (born 1998) is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Sarsfields and at inter-county level with the

Galway senior hurling team The Galway county hurling team ( ) represents Galway in hurling and is governed by Galway GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hu ...

. He usually lines out as a forward.

Career

A member of the Sarsfields club, Cooney first came to prominence as a member of the club's

2015 County Championship The 2015 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 116th cricket County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the ...

-winning team. He first appeared at inter-county level as a member of the Galway minor team during the 2016 All-Ireland Minor Championship before winning a Leinster Championship title with the under-20 team in 2018. Cooney made his senior debut as part of Galway's

2019 Walsh Cup The 2019 Walsh Cup is an early-season inter-county hurling competition based primarily in the Irish province of Leinster. Seven counties competed – six from Leinster, Galway from Connacht and none from Ulster. No third-level college teams too ...

-winning team.

Career statistics

Honours

;Sarsfields *

Galway Senior Hurling Championship The Galway Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Brooks Galway Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for th ...

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;Galway *

National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ...

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* Walsh Cup:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooney, Kevin 1998 births Living people Sarsfields (Galway) hurlers Galway inter-county hurlers