Stephen Moylan (born 18 October 1987) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club

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. He played for the

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for five seasons, during which time he usually lined out as a right corner-forward. Moylan began his hurling career at club level with Douglas. He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 17-year-old in

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and enjoyed his greatest success in

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when the club won the Premier Intermediate Championship and promotion to the top flight of Cork hurling. At inter-county level, Moylan was part of the successful Cork minor team that won back-to-back Munster Championships in

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and

before later winning a

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with the under-21 team in

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. Moylan was left corner-forward on the Cork intermediate team that won the All-Ireland Championship in

. He joined the Cork senior team in

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. From his debut, Moylan was used as an impact sub and made many National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in

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. During that time he was part of the Cork

-winning team in

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. Moylan was released from the Cork senior panel in April 2016.

Playing career

University College Cork

During his studies at

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, Moylan established himself as a forward on the senior hurling team. On 7 March 2009, he scored four points from right corner-forward when UCC defeated the

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by 2-17 t0 0-14 to win the

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. On 3 March 2012, Moylan scored two points from right corner-forward when UCC defeated the

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by 2-15 to 2-14 to win the Fitzgibbon Cup.

Douglas

Moylan joined the

club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 18 December 2005, he scored two points from left corner-forward when Douglas suffered a 0-13 to 0-10 defeat by Erin's Own in the final of the Cork Under-21 Championship. On 12 May 2007, Moylan made his first appearance for Douglas in the Cork Senior Championship. He scored two points in a 0-16 to 0-10 defeat by

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. On 11 October 2009, Moylan enjoyed his first success at adult level with Douglas. He won a Cork Premier Intermediate Championship medal following a 0-20 to 0-16 defeat of Ballymartle in the final. It remains their only championship title in this grade.

Cork

Minor and under-21

Moylan first played for

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as a member of the minor team. He made his first appearance for the team on 7 April 2004 when he was introduced as a substitute for Richard O'Connell in a 0-16 to 1-09 defeat of

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in the

. On 27 June, Moylan won a

medal as a non-playing substitute following Cork's 2-12 to 3-08 defeat of

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in the final. Moylan was eligible for the minor grade again the following year. On 26 June, he was a non-playing substitute in Cork's 2-18 to 1-12 defeat of

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in the Munster final. On 6 June 2007, Moylan made his first appearance for the Cork under-21 team in a 1-14 to 2-10 defeat of Tipperary in the

. On 1 August, he was a non-playing substitute in Cork's 1-20 to 0-10 defeat of

in the Munster final. Moylan played his last game for the under-21 team on 20 July 2008 when he lined out at right corner-forward in a 1-20 to 1-11 defeat by

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Intermediate

Moylan was drafted onto the Cork intermediate team for the 2009 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance on 31 May when he lined out at right wing-forward in a 1-24 to 2-06 defeat of Tipperary. On 22 July, Moylan won a

medal after scoring four points in Cork's 5-24 to 3-09 defeat of

in the final. On 29 August, he scored three points left corner-forward in Cork's 2-23 to 0-16 defeat of

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in the

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Senior

Moylan made his first appearance for the Cork senior team on 7 July 2012. He scored two points after being introduced as a 64th-minute substitute for

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in a 1-26 to 2-16 defeat of

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in the All-Ireland Qualifiers. On 14 July 2013, Moylan was a non-playing substitute when Cork suffered a 0-24 to 0-15 defeat by Limerick in the Munster final. On 8 September, he was again named as a substitute when Cork faced Clare in the

. He was introduced as a half-time substitute for Jamie Coughlan in the 3-16 to 0-25 draw. Moylan was again named as a substitute for the replay on 28 September. He was again introduced as a half-time substitute, this time for

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, and scored 1-01 in the 5-16 to 3-16 defeat. On 3 May 2015, Moylan was a non-playing substitute in Cork's 1-24 to 0-17 defeat by Waterford in the National League final. Moylan made three appearances for Cork during the 2016 National League but was released from the panel before the start of the

Career statistics

Club

Inter-county

Honours

;University College Cork *

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Munster Senior Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the h ...

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All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling Intermediate All-Ireland Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Effectively contested by the second ...

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Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship The Munster Hurling Intermediate Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1961 for the strong hurling teams in the province of Munster in Ireland. In some cases the teams consist of players ...

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Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Munster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-co ...

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Munster Minor Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associ ...

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References

External links

Stephen Moylan profile
at the Cork GAA website {{DEFAULTSORT:Moylan, Stephen 1987 births Living people UCC hurlers Douglas hurlers Cork inter-county hurlers