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| Born | 2004 (age 21–22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic Football, Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugh O'Connor (born 2004) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level,he plays with Newmarket and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. O'Connor usually lines out as a forward.
O'Connor played Gaelic football and hurling at all levels as a student at Coláiste Treasa in Kanturk. He was part of the school's senior team that won the Munster PPS SCHC title in 2020 after a 2-14 to 2-12 win over Scoil Pól Kilfinane in the final. [1] O'Connor later lined out with University College Cork in the Sigerson Cup. [2]
At club level,O'Connor played with Robert Emmets at juvenile and underage levels. He top scored with seven points when the amalgamation won the Duhallow U21AFC title in 2025,following a 0-14 to 1-10 win over Dromtarriffe/Kanturk in the final. [3] O'Connor first played at adult level with the Newmarket club as a dual player in 2023. [4] He won a Duhallow JAHC title in 2023,after scoring 2-01 in the 4-14 to 2-13 win over Dromtarriffe in the final. [5] O'Connor has also been selected for the Duhallow divisional hurling team. [6]
At inter-county level,O'Connor first played for Cork as a member of the minor team in 2021. He was joint-captain that year when the team claimed the Munster MFC title after a 1-17 to 0-13 win over Limerick. [7] He ended the season as the championship's top scorer with 1-24. O'Connor later spent three seasons with the under-20 team,including one as team captain,but ended his tenure in that grade without silverware. [8] He also lined out with Cork's under-20 hurling team. [9]
O'Connor made his senior team debut when he came on as a substitute for Chris Óg Jones in a 2-21 to 0-13 defeat by Roscommon in March 2025. [10]
| Team | Year | Cork SAFC | |
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| Apps | Score | ||
| Newmarket | 2023 | 4 | 0-15 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1-09 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0-12 | |
| Career total | 10 | 1-36 | |
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2025 | Division 2 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 |
| Total | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||