Conor Whelan

Playing career

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University of Galway

As a student at the University of Galway, Whelan has been a regular player on the university's senior hurling team in the Fitzgibbon Cup.^[1]

Kinvara

Whelan joined the Kinvara club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's intermediate team.^{[citation needed]}

Galway

Minor and under-21

Whelan first played for Galway as a member of the minor hurling team on 28 July 2013. He made his first appearance in a 1-19 to 0-13 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of Laois.^[2] On 8 September 2013, Whelan was at right corner-forward in Galway's 1-21 to 0-16 defeat by Waterford in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.^[3]

Whelan's second and final season with the Galway minor team ended with a 1-27 to 2-09 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Limerick on 17 August 2014.^[4]

As a member of the Galway under-21 hurling team, Whelan made his first appearance on 22 August 2015 in a 1-20 to 0-17 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Limerick.^[5]

On 10 September 2016, Whelan scored two points in a 5-15 to 0-14 defeat by Waterford in the All-Ireland final.^[6]

Whelan ended the 2017 championship by being named on the Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year.^[7]

Intermediate

On 1 July 2015, Whelan made his first appearance for the Galway intermediate hurling team.^[8] He later won a Leinster Championship medal following Galway's 1-20 to 0-11 defeat of Wexford in the final.^[9]

Senior

Whelan made his debut for the Galway senior team on 26 July 2015, scoring 1-02 from play in a 2-28 to 0-22 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of Cork.^[10]^[11] On 6 September 2015, Whelan scored two points from right wing-forward in a 1-22 to 1-18 defeat by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.^[12]

On 23 April 2017, Whelan scored five points from play when Galway defeated Tipperary by 3-21 to 0-14 to win the National Hurling League.^[13] Later that season he won his first Leinster Championship medal after Galway's 0-29 to 1-17 defeat of Wexford in the final.^[14] On 3 September 2017, Whelan started for Galway at right corner-forward when they won their first All-Ireland in 29 years after a 0-26 to 2-17 defeat of Waterford in the final.^[15] He ended the season by winning an All-Star award as well as being named All Stars Young Hurler of the Year.^[16]

On 8 July 2018, Whelan won a second successive Leinster Championship medal following Galway's 1-28 to 3-15 defeat of Kilkenny in the final.^[17] On 19 August 2018, he scored a goal from right corner-forward in Galway's 3-16 to 2-18 All-Ireland final defeat by Limerick.^[18]

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Career statistics

As of match played 21 June 2025

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Team	Year	National League	Leinstser	All-Ireland	Total
Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Galway	2015	Division 1A	0	0-00	0	0-00	3	1-06	3	1-06
2016	6	0-06	3	1-05	2	0-02	11	1-13
2017	Division 1B	7	3-12	3	0-12	2	0-05	12	3-29
2018	5	2-05	6	2-13	3	1-06	14	5-24
2019	5	1-07	4	1-10	—	9	2-17
2020	Division 1A	5	3-06	2	0-06	1	0-01	8	3-13
2021	5	2-11	1	1-02	1	0-03	7	3-16
2022	4	0-07	5	1-13	2	1-04	11	2-24
2023	4	1-04	6	6-11	2	1-07	12	8-22
2024				5	0-11	—	5	0-11
2025				6	0-08	1	0-01	7	0-09
Total	41	12-58	41	12-91	17	4-35	99	28-184