Conor Sweeney (born 29 March 1990) is a Gaelic football player who plays at inter-county level for

Tipperary Tipperary is the name of: Places *County Tipperary, a county in Ireland **North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh **South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel *Tipperary (town), County Tipperary's na ...

, and plays his club football for Ballyporeen in South Tipperary. He also plays club hurling for Skeheenarinky.

Career

Sweeney played minor football for Tipperary in 2007 and 2008, and under-21 football from 2009 to 2011, winning the Munster Under-21 Football Championship in 2010. He made his senior debut for Tipperary in 2010 in the

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against UL and his league debut in 2010 against Laois. He made his championship debut in 2010 also against Laois. On 31 July 2016, Sweeney scored 2-2 as Tipperary defeated

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in the

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All-Ireland Quarter-finals at Croke Park to reach their first All-Ireland semi-final since 1935. On 21 August 2016, Tipperary were beaten in the semi-final by

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on a 2-13 to 0-14 scoreline. Sweeney ended the 2016 Championship with a scoring total of 3-9. In October 2017, Sweeney was named in the

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squad for the

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against Australia in November. In November 2020, Sweeney scored 1-04 (1-02 from play) as Tipperary won against Clare in the

Munster Senior Football Championship The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It ...

Quarter Final. In the semi final against

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, Sweeney was top scorer for Tipperary with his tally of 0-07 (0-05 from frees) helping his team to a 1-15 to 2-11 win after extra time. In the Munster Final Sweeney, who produced a man of the match display scoring 0-07 (0-05 from play), inspired Tipperary to a 0-17 to 0-14 victory over Cork. Sweeney captained the Tipperary team which ended the Premier county's 85 year wait for a

title In the 2020 All-Ireland semi-final on 6 December, Tipperary again faced

. In foggy conditions and losing by 16 points at half-time they eventually lost the game by 5-20 to 3-13. In January 2021, Sweeney was again nominated for an All-Star award after previously being nominated in 2016. On 19 February 2021, he was named at full-forward on the All-Star team for 2020, becoming the third ever Tipperary footballer to win an All-Star award.

Career Statistics

''As of match played 30 April 2022''

Honours

;Ballyporeen *

Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship The Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised since 1974 by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second-tier Gaelic football clubs in County Tipperary ...

(1): 2013 *South Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2013 ;Skeheenarinky *

Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual championship of hurling for male players in the junior grade and is organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ...

(2): 2014, 2021 ;Tipperary *

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

(1): 2010 *

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Division 3 (1):

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References

External links

Tipperary GAA Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sweeney, Conor 1990 births Living people Tipperary inter-county Gaelic footballers