Niall McKenna
{{Short description|Irish hurler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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2018
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Niall McKenna (born 1994) is a hurler from Northern Ireland who plays for Antrim Championship club Patrick Sarsfields and at inter-county level with the Antrim senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a wing-forward.
Career
A member of the Patrick Sarsfields club in Belfast, McKenna was part of the club's 2017 County Intermediate Championship-winning team.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/hurlingandcamogie/2017/09/01/news/-the-bone-was-coming-through-the-skin-recalls-antrim-hurling-star-niall-mckenna-who-hopes-to-return-for-county-final-1125230/|title="The bone was coming through the skin" recalls Antrim hurling star Niall McKenna who hopes to return for county final |date=1 September 2017|publisher=Irish News|access-date=13 December 2020|first=Andy|last=Wsters}} He first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with the Antrim minor team that won the Ulster Minor Championship title in 2011. McKenna subsequently won three consecutive Ulster Championships with the under-21 team and was at wing-forward for the 2013 All-Ireland U21 final defeat by Wexford.{{cite web|url= http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/clare-seal-first-part-of-dream-allireland-double-29580330.html|title= Clare seal first part of dream All-Ireland double|date=15 September 2013|work=Irish Independent|access-date=17 September 2013}} As a member of the Antrim senior hurling team he has won two Ulster Championship titles, a National League Division 2A title and a Joe McDonagh Cup title.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40189899.html|title=Antrim see off Kerry to secure McDonagh Cup success at Croke Park |date=13 December 2020|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=13 December 2020|first=Eoghan|last=Cormican}} McKenna also spent a season lining out with Warwickshire in th2 Nicky Rackard Cup.
Honours
;Patrick Sarsfields
- Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2017
;Antrim
References
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External links
- [https://antrim.gaa.ie/teams/senior-hurling/players/niall-mckenna Niall McKenna profile] at the Antrim GAA website
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