| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Eimhín Ó Nialláin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 26) Clarinbridge, County Galway, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
| 2015-present | Clarinbridge | 54 (3-535) | |
| 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 22:28, 06 December 2023. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:42, 26 May 2024. | |||
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. He usually lines out as a corner-forward.
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. 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. 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. He later won a Leinster U21 Championship. Niland was drafted onto the Galway senior hurling team in 2019.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 6 December 2023.
| 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 | |
| Career total | 54 | 3-535 | |
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
References
- Dooley, Alan (12 November 2015). "Niland's free bails Clarinbridge boys out of trouble". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- "Galway All-Ireland winner Niland hits 0-12 as Athenry win Connacht senior hurling title". The 42. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- Verney, Michael (5 December 2021). "Conor Cooney on song as St Thomas' outlast Clarinbridge to make it four in a row in Galway". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- "Jeffrey Lynskey's young Galway confound critics". Irish Examiner. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- Fallon, John (4 July 2018). "Sean Bleahene claims Leinster title as Galway see off Wexford in dramatic extra time finish". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
| Galway hurling team – current senior panel | |
|---|---|
As of game vs Dublin on 26 May 2024 |