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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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 September 2023.

Inter-county

As of match played 31 July 2021.

Honours

University of Limerick

• Fitzgibbon Cup: 2022, 2023

Cork

• All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship: 2020
• Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship: 2020
• All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship: 2017
• Munster Under-17 Hurling Championship: 2017

References

1. "Cork Team VS Kerry in Munster Senior Hurling League". Cork GAA website. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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4. O'Callaghan, Therese (30 October 2018). "Charleville back in the big time as Courceys held at bay". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
5. Slattery, Joel (11 April 2017). "Limerick U17 hurlers lose to Cork". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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7. Hurley, Denis (3 July 2019). "Cork take aim at Clare after proving too strong for Limerick". The 42. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
8. Brophy, Shane (23 July 2019). "Bowe and Morris star as Tipperary claim U20 Munster glory". The 42. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
9. O'Toole, Fintan (24 August 2019). "Early Tipp goals power them past Cork to seal All-Ireland hurling glory". The 42. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
10. Hurley, Denis (20 December 2019). "Kingston's second spell in charge starts with emphatic victory over Kerry". The Echo. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
11. O'Toole, Fintan (26 January 2020). "0-16 from Bennett brothers as Waterford rally to claim impressive win over Cork". The 42. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

• 2000 births
• Living people
• Courcey Rovers hurlers
• Cork inter-county hurlers
• 21st-century Irish sportsmen