Conal Cunning

Conal Cunning
Personal information
Irish name	Conal Ó Conaing
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left wing-forward
Born	1998; Dunloy,; County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Occupation	Student
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Dunloy
Club titles
Antrim titles	4
Leinster titles	1
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	Ulster University
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2018-present	Antrim
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0

Conal Cunning (born 1998) is an Irish hurler who plays for Antrim Senior Championship club Dunloy and at inter-county level with the Antrim senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a wing-forward.

Career

A member of the Dunloy club, Cunning first came to prominence with the club's senior team that won County Championship titles in 2017 and 2019.^[1]^[2] He made his first appearance on the inter-county scene as a member of the Antrim minor team that won consecutive Ulster Minor Championship titles in 2015 and 2016 before later playing for the under-21 team.^[3]^[4] Cunning joined the Antrim senior hurling team in 2018 and has since won a Joe McDonagh Cup title.^[5]

^ "Antrim SHC final: Dunloy make it a dozen". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
^ "Antrim SHC final: Elliott on the double as Dunloy dethrone Dall". Hogan Stand. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
^ "Ulster MHC final: Saffrons sink Oak Leafers". Hogan Stand. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "Antrim defeat Down in Ulster Minor Hurling Final". GAA website. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (13 December 2020). "Antrim see off Kerry to secure McDonagh Cup success at Croke Park". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 December 2020.