Ultan O'Callaghan (born 24 March 1971) is an Irish former rugby union player.

Career

Born in

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, O'Callaghan represented local club Cork Constitution throughout the 1990s in the All-Ireland League. He missed Con's victorious final against Garryowen in 1999 due to injury, and was captain of the team that ended up losing to

Dungannon Dungannon () is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 14,340 at the 2011 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council had its headquarters in the ...

during the 2000–01 season, though O'Callaghan himself again missed the final due to injury. He also won representation with the Ireland under-21 team and five caps for

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

between 1996 and 1998, before playing for Connacht in 1999. After the end of his brief professional playing career, O'Callaghan returned to

as a development officer in 2000, going on to become coach development manager, before being domestic rugby manager in 2008.

References

External links

Munster Profile
* Living people 1971 births Rugby union players from Cork (city) Irish rugby union players Cork Constitution players Munster Rugby players Connacht Rugby players Rugby union locks {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub