| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Dúllaing | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right wing-back | ||
| Born | (1978-06-10)10 June 1978 (age 46) Kilkenny,Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1994-2010 | O'Loughlin Gaels | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 2 | ||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2001–2005 | Kilkenny | 19 (0-05) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 3 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:26, 9 April 2020. | |||
Seán Anthony Dowling (born 10 June 1978) is an Irish retiredhurler who played forKilkenny Championship clubO'Loughlin Gaels. He played for theKilkenny senior hurling team for five seasons, during which time he usually lined out as a right wing-back or at midfield.[1]
Dowling began his hurling career at club level with O'Loughlin Gaels. He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 16-year-old in 1994 and enjoyed his first success the following year when the club won the1995 Kilkenny Junior Championship. He won aKilkenny Intermediate Championship title in 1996 and promotion to the top flight of Kilkenny hurling. Dowling went on to make numerous championship appearances at senior level and was at left wing-back on O'Loughlin Gaels'Leinster Club Championship-winning team in 2003. His club career ended as a result of a hip injury in 2010, by which time he had also won twoKilkenny Senior Championship titles.[2]
At inter-county level, Dowling was part of the Kilkenny minor team that won back-to-backLeinster Minor Championships in 1995 and 1996 before winning theAll-Ireland Under-21 Championship in1999. He joined the Kilkenny senior team in2001.[3][4] From his debut, Dowling lined out as a half-back or a midfielder and made a combined total of 25 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in2005. During that time he was part of twoAll-Ireland Championship-winning teams – in2002 and2003. Dowling also secured three successiveLeinster Championship medals and threeNational Hurling League medals. He was dropped from the panel in June 2005.[5]
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Kilkenny | 2001 | Division 1B | 5 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-00 |
| 2002 | Division 1A | 2 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-02 | ||
| 2004 | 3 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-02 | 4 | 0-01 | 8 | 0-04 | ||
| 2005 | 3 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | — | 3 | 0-00 | |||
| Total | 15 | 0-01 | 4 | 0-04 | 6 | 0-01 | 25 | 0-06 | ||