Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Liam Ó hAonasa | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left wing-back | ||
Born |
Cork, Ireland | 15 August 1997||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Occupation | Engineer | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
2015-present | St Finbarr's | 21 (4-12) | |
Club titles | |||
Munster titles | 1 | ||
Football | Hurling | ||
Cork titles | 1 | 1 | |
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
2016-2021 | University College Cork | ||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2017-2021 2022- |
Cork (hurling) Cork (football) |
3 (0-00) 0 (0-00) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:52, 18 February 2022. |
Billy Hennessy (born 15 August 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays as a left wing-back for club side St Finbarr's and at senior level with the Cork county team.[1] He usually lines out as a left wing-back. He is the current captain of the St. Finbarr's premier senior hurling team. He captained St. Finbarr's to a Premier Senior hurling county final win in 2022.
Hennessy first came to prominence as a hurler with Christian Brothers College, a school noted as a rugby union stronghold. Having played hurling in every grade of hurling during his time at the school, he usually lined out in the half-back line on the school's senior team. On 14 October 2015, Hennessy was at right wing-back on the CBC team that recorded a first victory in the Dr Harty Cup in 97 years.[2]
Hennessy joined the St Finbarr's club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels as a dual player of hurling and Gaelic football.
On 28 September 2015, Hennessy was at full-back when the St Finbarr's minor football team defeated Douglas by 1-09 to 0-08 in the final to win a fifth Premier 1 MFC title in nine years.
Hennessy subsequently progressed onto the St Finbarr's under-21 football team. On 6 August 2016, he was at left corner-back on the under-21 team that defeated Ilen Rovers by 1-12 to 0-07 to win the Cork Under-21 Championship title.
Hennessy first played for Cork at minor level during the 2015 Munster Championship. He made his only appearance in the grade on 2 July when he came on as a 53rd-minute substitute for John Looney in a 1-14 to 0-14 defeat by Limerick.[3]
Hennessy subsequently progressed onto the Cork under-21 team. He made his first appearance on 13 July 2017 when he played at left wing-back in a 2-17 to 1-19 Munster semi-final defeat of Waterford.[4] Hennessy was dropped from the starting fifteen for Cork's subsequent 0-16 to 1-11 defeat by Limerick on 26 July 2017.[5]
Hennessy won a Munster Championship medal on 4 July 2018 when he lined out at right wing-back in Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final.[6] On 26 August, he was switched to left wing-back in Cork's 3-13 to 1-16 All-Ireland final defeat by Tipperary in what was his last game in the grade.[7] Hennessy was later named at left wing-back on the Team of the Year.[8]
Hennessy made his first appearance for the Cork senior hurling team in the pre-season Canon O'Brien Cup on 6 January 2017. He scored a point from midfield in the 0-22 to 1-13 defeat by University College Cork.[9] On 15 January, Hennessy also scored a point after being introduced as a 62nd-minute substitute in Cork's 7-22 to 1-19 defeat of Limerick in the Munster Hurling League.[10] He played no further role in Cork's National League or Championship campaigns.
Hennessy was a late addition to the Cork senior team during the 2018 All-Ireland Championship.[11] On 29 July, he was an unused substitute when Cork suffered a 3-32 to 2-21 extra-time defeat by Limerick in the All-Ireland semi-final.[12]
Hennessy was ruled out of the start of the 2019 season as he was recuperating after an operation.[13]
Team | Year | Cork PSHC | |
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Apps | Score | ||
St Finbarr's | 2015 | 3 | 0-01 |
2016 | 6 | 0-02 | |
2017 | 2 | 1-01 | |
2018 | 3 | 1-01 | |
2019 | 4 | 1-03 | |
2020 | 3 | 1-04 | |
Career total | 21 | 4-12 |
Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Cork | 2017 | Division 1A | — | — | — | — | ||||
2018 | — | — | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||||
2019 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
2020 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | ||
2021 | 4 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-01 | ||
Total | 4 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-01 |