Skip to content
Sport · Kinvarra

Conor Whelan

Kinvara's county hurler came through the club's underage teams to its intermediate side and, at eighteen, into the Galway senior forward line. Conor Whelan, born on 31 October 1996, scored 1-02 from play on his senior debut against Cork in an All-Ireland quarter-final on 26 July 2015 and was in the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny six weeks later.

Checked against the source on 2026-09-19.

Conor Whelan celebrating his goal for Kinvara against Castlegar in the 2013 Galway Senior Hurling Championship at Athenry
Conor Whelan celebrating his goal for Kinvara against Castlegar in the 2013 Galway Senior Hurling Championship at Athenry
Seaninryan, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Kinvara GAA, Dunguaire Castle on the 3D model; tap a pin for its page and directions.

From minor to senior

He first played for Galway's minors on 28 July 2013 in a quarter-final win over Laois and was at right corner-forward in the 1-21 to 0-16 final defeat by Waterford at Croke Park that September. On 1 July 2015 he played for the intermediates and won a Leinster medal against Wexford; his senior debut came weeks later, and on 6 September 2015 he scored two points from right wing-forward in the 1-22 to 1-18 final loss to Kilkenny. He has played Fitzgibbon Cup hurling for the University of Galway. The Kinvara guide has the village; the model on this page pins the club's ground and Dunguaire.

Questions people ask

Which club does Conor Whelan play for?
Kinvara, in south Galway.
When did Conor Whelan make his Galway senior debut?
On 26 July 2015 against Cork, scoring 1-02.

Written from Wikipedia, "Conor Whelan" (CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-09-19, and from the OpenStreetMap places on the model. Nothing has been added from memory; follow the source for its footnotes.