Seán Twomey
{{Short description|Irish hurler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2021}}
{{infobox Gaelic games player
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| name = Seán Twomey
| irish = Seám Ó Tuama
| nickname =
| occupation = Secondary school teacher
| birth_date = 2000
| birth_place = Ballinadee,
County Cork, Ireland
| feet =
| inches =
| sport = Hurling
| code = Hurling
| county = Cork
| province = Munster
| club = Courcey Rovers
| clyears = 2018-present
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| clcounty = 0
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| colleges = University of Limerick
| fitz = 2
| colyears = 2019-2023
| counties = Cork
| icyears = 2019-2024
| icposition = Left wing-forward
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| icprovince = 0
| icallireland = 0
| nhl = 0
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| icupdate = 22:50, 31 July 2021
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Seán Twomey (born 2000) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior A Championship club Courcey Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team.{{cite web|url=https://gaacork.ie/2019/12/20/cork-team-vs-kerry-in-munster-senior-hurling-league/|title=Cork Team VS Kerry in Munster Senior Hurling League|date=20 December 2019|publisher=Cork GAA website|accessdate=20 December 2019|first=|last=}} He usually lines out as a left wing-forward.
Playing career
=Courcey Rovers=
Twomey joined the Courcey Rovers club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 10 October 2015, he lined out at left wing-forward when Courcey Rovers suffered a 1-14 to 2-10 defeat by Ahan Gaels in the Minor A Championship final.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
On 22 April 2018, Twomey made his first appearance for the club's top adult team in the Premier Intermediate Championship. He scored a hat-trick of goals in the 3-18 to 0-19 defeat of Inniscarra.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/twomey-hat-trick-hero-for-courceys-469785.html|title=Twomey hat-trick hero for Courceys|date=23 April 2018|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=21 December 2019|first=John|last=Coleman}} On 21 October 2018, Twomey scored two points from left corner-forward when Courcey Rovers drew 0-12 to 1-09 with Charleville in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/charleville-and-courcey-rovers-to-do-it-all-again-after-stalemate-877219.html|title=Charleville and Courcey Rovers to do it all again after stalemate|date=21 October 2018|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=21 December 2019|first=Therese|last=O'Callaghan}} He was switched to right wing-forward for the replay a week later but ended on the losing side after a 0-15 to 0-14 defeat.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/charleville-back-in-the-big-time-as-courceys-held-at-bay-881981.html|title=Charleville back in the big time as Courceys held at bay|date=30 October 2018|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=21 December 2019|first=Therese|last=O'Callaghan}} Three years later on the 27 November 2021 Twomeys side got to another Premier Intermediate Final played in Pairc Uí Choaimh in a incredible comeback from 8 points down against Castlelyons to go on to win 1-19 to 1-18 with Twomey scoring 2 points to earn Twomey a championship medal.
Twomeys side went on to get into the Munster Intermediate Final in the same year after a late rally of points to send it to extra time to go on and lose to Kilmoyley of Kerry 0-24 to 0-21 with Twomey scoring 1 point played in the Gaelic Grounds.
Twomeys side yet again got to another final in the 2022 Senior A final just after winning Premier Intermediate year prior but lost to a very talented Fr. O'Neill's 0-20 to 2-12 played in Pairc Uí Choaimh with Twomey being held scoreless.
=Cork=
==Under-17 and under-20==
Twomey first lined out for Cork as a member of the under-17 team during the 2017 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance for the team at midfield on 11 April in a 0-16 to 0-06 defeat of Limerick.{{cite web|url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport/244667/limerick-u17-hurlers-lose-to-cork.html|title=Limerick U17 hurlers lose to Cork|publisher=Limerick Leader|date=11 April 2017|access-date=23 February 2019|first=Joel|last=Slattery}} On 25 April 2017, Twomey won a Munster Championship medal after a 3-13 to 1-12 defeat of Waterford in the final. He was again at midfield for Cork's 1-19 to 1-17 All-Ireland final defeat of Dublin at Croke Park on 6 August 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-dublin-all-ireland-u17-hurling-3532942-Aug2017/|title=Croke Park glory for Cork against Dublin as they claim All-Ireland U17 hurling crown|publisher=The 42|date=6 August 2017|accessdate=23 February 2019|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole}}
On 3 July 2019, Twomey made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team in the Munster Championship. He came on as a 39th-minute substitute for Simon Kennefick in the 1-20 to 0-16 defeat of Limerick.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-limerick-munster-u20-hurling-championship-4709293-Jul2019/|title=Cork take aim at Clare after proving too strong for Limerick|date=3 July 2019|publisher=The 42|accessdate=4 July 2019|first=Denis|last=Hurley}} On 23 July 2019, Twomey top-scored for Cork with 1-02 from left wing-forward in a 3-15 to 2-17 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster final.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/munster-tipperary-cork-munster-u20-hurling-championship-4737073-Jul2019/|title=Bowe and Morris star as Tipperary claim U20 Munster glory|date=23 July 2019|publisher=The 42|accessdate=23 July 2019|first=Shane|last=Brophy}} He was selected at right wing-forward when Cork faced Tipperary for a second time in the All-Ireland final on 24 August 2019, however, he ended the game on the losing side after a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-tipperary-all-ireland-u20-hurling-4779877-Aug2019/|title=Early Tipp goals power them past Cork to seal All-Ireland hurling glory|date=24 August 2019|publisher=The 42|accessdate=25 August 2019|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole}}
==Senior==
On 20 December 2019, Twomey made his first appearance for the Cork senior team when he was selected at left wing-forward for Cork's Munster League game against Kerry. He scored four points from play in the 1-27 to 0-11 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/Kingstons-second-spell-in-charge-starts-with-emphatic-victory-over-Kerry--b9a9077a-9ebb-4f73-b1e4-61dba7d110a5-ds|title=Kingston's second spell in charge starts with emphatic victory over Kerry |date=20 December 2019|publisher=The Echo|accessdate=21 December 2019|first=Denis|last=Hurley}} Twomey made his first National League appearance on 26 January 2020 when he was introduced as a 60th-minute substitute for Conor Lehane in a 1-24 to 3-17 first round defeat by Waterford.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-waterford-hurling-league-2-4980451-Jan2020/|title=0-16 from Bennett brothers as Waterford rally to claim impressive win over Cork|date=26 January 2020|publisher=The 42|accessdate=26 January 2020|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|7 September 2024.}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Year !colspan="2"|Cork PIHC | ||
|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | |
| rowspan="11"|Courcey Rovers
|2018 | 7 | 4-11 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1-03 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1-00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2-08 |
| Total
!16 | 8-22 | |
| rowspan=2|Year
!colspan=2|Cork SAHC | ||
| Apps | Score | |
| 2022 | 5 | 6-03 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0-06 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1-04 |
| Total
!11 | 7-13 | |
| colspan="2"|Career total
!27 | 15-35 |
=Inter-county=
{{updated|match played 31 July 2021.}}
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| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Year !colspan="3"|National League !colspan="2"|Munster !colspan="2"|All-Ireland !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| rowspan="2"|Cork
|2020 |rowspan="2"|Division 1A |2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | |
| 2021
|3 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-01 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!5 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-01 |
Honours
References
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{{Cork Under-17 Hurling Team 2017}}
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Category:University of Limerick hurlers
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