Evan Niland

Evan Niland (born 10 July 1998) is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Clarinbridge and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team.^[1] He usually lines out as a corner-forward.

Evan Niland

Personal information
Irish name	Eimhín Ó Nialláin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-forward
Born	(1998-07-10) July 10, 1998 (age 27) Clarinbridge, County Galway, Ireland
Occupation	Student
Club(s)*
Years	Club	Apps (scores)
2015-present	Clarinbridge	60 (5-607)
Club titles
Galway titles	0
Colleges(s)
Years	College	Apps (scores)
2017-present	University of Galway	19 (1-224)
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	0
Inter-county(ies)**
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2019-present	Galway	24 (0-118)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	1
All Stars	0
* club appearances and scores correct as of 20:28, 06 December 2024. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:42, 26 May 2024.

Career

Niland first came to hurling prominence as a schoolboy with the Presentation College in Athenry, with whom he won three successive Connacht Colleges Championships.^[2] He simultaneously lined out with the Clarinbridge club at juvenile and underage levels and was part of the senior team that lost the 2021 Galway SHC final to St Thomas's.^[3] Niland first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Galway minor hurling team that beat Tipperary in the 2015 All-Ireland minor hurling final.^[4] He later won a Leinster U21 Championship.^[5] Niland was drafted onto the Galway senior hurling team in 2019.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 December 2024.

Team	Year	Galway SHC
		Apps	Score
Clarinbridge	2015	4	0-39
	2016	5	1-44
	2017	9	0-70
	2018	7	0-76
	2019	6	1-58
	2020	3	0-32
	2021	7	0-75
	2022	8	0-87
	2023	5	1-54
	2024	6	2-72
Career total		60	5-607

Inter-county

As of match played 26 May 2024.

Team	Year	National League			Leinster		All-Ireland		Total
		Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Galway Minor	2015	—			—		4	0-31	4	0-31
	2016	—			—		2	1-12	2	1-12
	Total	—			—		6	1-43	6	1-43
Galway U21	2017	—			—		1	0-01	1	0-01
	2018	—			3	2-22	1	0-06	4	2-28
	Total	—			3	2-22	2	0-07	5	2-29
Galway	2019	Division 1B	0	0-00	0	0-00	—		0	0-00
	2020	Division 1A	3	0-18	1	0-00	2	0-02	6	0-20
	2021		5	0-42	1	0-02	1	0-02	7	0-46
	2022		3	1-07	4	0-03	2	0-00	9	1-10
	2023		4	0-41	6	0-60	2	0-17	12	0-118
	2024	Division 1B	4	0-40	5	0-32	0	0-00	9	0-72
	Total		19	1-148	17	0-97	7	0-21	43	1-266
Career total			19	1-148	20	2-119	15	1-71	54	4-338

Honours

Presentation College, Athenry

• Connacht Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 2014, 2015, 2016

National University of Galway

• Fitzgibbon Cup Runners-up (2): 2022, 2023

Clarinbridge

• Galway Minor A Hurling Championship: 2015, 2016
• Galway Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2018

Galway

• National Hurling League: 2021
• Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2018
• All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 2015
• Walsh Cup: 2023

Individual

• Fitzgibbon Cup All Star: 2019, 2022
• All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Final Man of the Match: 2015