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) 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.

Career

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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

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Club

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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

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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

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Presentation College, Athenry
National University of Galway
Clarinbridge
  • Galway Minor A Hurling Championship: 2015, 2016
  • Galway Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2018
Galway

Individual

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

References

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  1. ^ Dooley, Alan (12 November 2015). "Niland's free bails Clarinbridge boys out of trouble". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Galway All-Ireland winner Niland hits 0-12 as Athenry win Connacht senior hurling title". The 42. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Jeffrey Lynskey's young Galway confound critics". Irish Examiner. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. ^ 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.