Aodhagan Bernard O'Neill (born 28 October 1959) is an Irish former professional

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player who played in events of the

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(PDC).

Career

O'Neill won the 2009 Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay beating

Jason Cullen Jason Cullen (born 11 June 1988) is an Irish professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events. Darts career Cullen has represented the Republic of Ireland in the WDF Europe Cup Youth in 2004 and was ...

, Benny Grace and William O'Connor, earning him a place in the

2010 PDC World Darts Championship The 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 17th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 18 Dec ...

. He later reached the quarter-finals of the Gleneagle Irish Masters, beating

Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is an English former professional darts player who was nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the name "Tucker" for his matches. He reached number three in the world rankings and was a runner-up in nine ...

Nick Fullwell Nick Fullwell (born 6 June 1969 in Wolverhampton) is an English professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Fullwell joined the PDC circuit in 2005 and narrowly missed out qualifying for the Wo ...

, and

Andy Jenkins Andrew Jenkins (born 11 March 1971) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was nicknamed "Rocky" due to his rough personality. Jenkins has reached high rankings in the PDC, but ha ...

before losing 5-2 to

Brendan Dolan Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is best known for becoming the first player to hit a ...

. O'Neill defeated South Africa's Les Francis in the preliminary round, but lost 3-0 to

Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...

in the first round. He quit the PDC in 2012.

Personal life

O'Neill makes his living as a chef in the

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World Championship results

PDC

* 2010: 1st Round (lost to

0-3) (sets)

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
Irish darts players 1959 births Living people British Darts Organisation players Irish Army soldiers Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders Sportspeople from County Cavan People from Ballyconnell {{Ireland-darts-bio-stub