Niall O'Brien (hurler)
{{short description|Irish hurler}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code = Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image =
| name = Niall O'Brien
| irish = Niall Ó Briain
| feet =
| inches =
| occupation = Student
| county = Westmeath
| province = Leinster
| club = Castletown Geoghegan
| clyears = 2011-present
| clapps(points) =
| clcounty = 0
| clprovince =
| clallireland =
| counties = Westmeath
| Girlfriend = Katie Deegan
| Mentor = Aisling Nolan
| icposition = Right corner-forward
| icyears = 2012-present
| icapps(points) = 34 (7-131)
| icprovince = 0
| icallireland = 0
| nhl = 0
| allstars = 0
| clupdate =
| icupdate = match played 21 May 2023
| birth_date = 1994
| birth_place = Ballinagore,
County Westmeath, Ireland
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| death_place =
}}
Niall O'Brien (born 1994) is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner-forward for the Westmeath senior team.
O'Brien made his first appearance for the team during the 2012 championship and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Westmeath/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=169160|title=Six debutants named in Westmeath hurling team|date=17 May 2012|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=20 May 2012}}
At club level O'Brien plays with the Castletown Geoghegan club.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 21 May 2023}}
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| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Year !colspan="3"|National League !colspan="2"|McDonagh Cup !colspan="2"|Leinster !colspan="2"|All-Ireland !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| rowspan="12" |Westmeath
|2012 |rowspan="4"|Division 2A |2 | 1-05 | colspan=2|— | 2 | 2-15 | 1 | 0-05 | 5 | 3-25 | ||
| 2013
|4 | 2-15 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 1-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 7 | 3-15 | ||
| 2014
|3 | 0-04 | colspan=2|— | 5 | 0-25 | 0 | 0-00 | 8 | 0-29 | ||
| 2015
|5 | 1-32 | colspan=2|— | 3 | 0-18 | 1 | 0-00 | 9 | 1-50 | ||
| 2016
|rowspan="1"|Division 1B |3 | 0-09 | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0-32 | 1 | 0-11 | 8 | 0-52 | ||
| 2017
|rowspan="3"|Division 2A |1 | 0-02 | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-02 | 6 | 0-06 | ||
| 2018
|5 | 0-07 | 6 | 3-23 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0-00 | 12 | 3-30 | ||
| 2019
|colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | ||||||
| 2020
|rowspan="2"|Division 1A |0 | 0-00 | 2 | 1-04 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 2 | 1-04 | |||
| 2021
|3 | 0-17 | 0 | 0-00 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 3 | 0-17 | |||
| 2022
|2 |0-02 | colspan="2" |— |5 |2-08 | | |7 |2-10 | ||||||||||
| 2023
|4 |1-13 | colspan="2" |— |3 |2-13 | | |7 |3-26 | ||||||||||
| colspan="3" |Total
|32||5-106||8||4-27||27||7-113||7||0-18||74||16-264 |
References
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{{Westmeath Hurling Team 2021}}
{{2018 GAA Rising Stars Hurling Team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Obrien, Niall}}
Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:Castletown Geoghegan hurlers