| Tom Condon | |
| Irish: | Tomás Condún |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Birth Date: | 1987 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Limerick, Ireland |
| Height: | 1.80NaN0 |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Code: | Hurling |
| County: | Limerick |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Knockaderry |
| Clyears: | 2004-present |
| Clposition: | Full Back |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Colleges: | Limerick Institute of Technology |
| Fitz: | 0 |
| Counties: | Limerick |
| Icyears: | 2009-2021 |
| Icposition: | Right Corner Back |
| Icapps(Points): | 25 (0-02) |
| Icprovince: | 3 |
| Icallireland: | 2 |
| Nhl: | 2 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 19:25, 28 January 2021 |
Tom Condon (born 9 November 1987) is an Irish hurler who plays for Limerick Intermediate Championship club Knockaderry. He is a former player with the Limerick senior hurling team, with whom he usually lines out as a right corner-back.[1]
Condon joined the Knockaderry club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's top adult team.[2]
Condon first lined out for Limerick as a member of the minor team during the 2005 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance on 4 May when he lined out at left corner-back in a 2-14 to 1-06 defeat of Tipperary.[3] Condon was again at left corner-back on 26 June when Limerick suffered a 2-18 to 1-12 defeat by Cork in the Munster Championship final.[4] Limerick subsequently qualified for the All-Ireland final on 11 September. Condon was again at left corner-back for the 3-12 to 0-17 defeat by Galway, in what was his last game in the minor grade.[5]
After progressing onto the Limerick under-21 team, Condon was included on the panel for the 2007 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance on 11 July when he lined out at full-back in Limerick's 2-14 to 2-10 defeat by Waterford.
Condon was eligible for the under-21 grade again the following year. On 17 July 2008, he made his last appearance for the team when he lined out at full-back in Limerick's 1-13 to 0-15 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster Championship semi-final.
Condon was added to the Limerick intermediate team for the 2007 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance on 10 June when he lined out at right corner-back in Limerick's 0-17 to 0-15 defeat of Tipperary. On 7 July, Condon started the Munster Championship final on the bench, however, he was introduced as a substitute in the 5-11 to 1-12 defeat by Waterford.[6]
Condon was retained on the Limerick intermediate team for the 2008 Munster Championship. On 31 July, he won a Munster Championship medal when he lined out at right corner-back in Limerick's 2-16 to 2-12 defeat of Tipperary in the final.[7] Limerick subsequently qualified for the All-Ireland final on 30 August. Condon was again at right corner-back for the 1-16 to 0-13 defeat by Kilkenny.
On 8 February 2009, Condon made his first appearance for the Limerick senior team when he lined out at left corner-back in a 3-13 to 1-18 defeat of Clare in the National League. He made his first Munster Championship appearance on 20 June when he came on as a 60th-minute substitute for Mark O'Riordan in a 0-25 to 0-17 defeat by Waterford in a semi-final replay.[8] At the end of a disappointing season, Limerick manager Justin McCarthy dropped several high-profile players from the panel.[9] Over the course of the winter, many more players, including Condon, withdrew from the panel and refused to play while McCarthy and his management team remained in place.[10] [11] The Limerick County Board refused to remove McCarthy and contested the 2010 season with a new group of players.
Condon returned to the panel the following year and made his first appearance under new manager Dónal O'Grady on 6 March 2011 in a 1-25 to 2-11 National League defeat of Down. On 30 April, he was at right corner-back when Limerick defeated Clare by 4-12 to 2-13 to win the Division 2 title.[12] Condon ended the season by being one of three Limerick nominees for an All-Star.[13]
On 14 July 2013, Condon lined out in his first Munster Championship final. He was at left corner-back for Limerick's 0-24 to 0-15 defeat of Cork and a first title in 17 years.[14] Condon ended the season by being nominated for an All-Star.[15]
In July 2018, Condon received a two-match suspension after receiving a red card for jabbing the butt of his hurley into David Reidy's midriff in a 0-26 to 0-15 Munster Championship defeat by Clare.[16] [17] On 19 August, Condon was introduced as a 72nd-minute substitute for Richie English when Limerick won their first All-Ireland title in 45 years after a 3-16 to 2-18 defeat of Galway in the final.[18]
On 31 March 2019, Condon was selected at right corner-back for Limerick's National League final meeting with Waterford at Croke Park. He collected a winners' medal following the 1-24 to 0-19 victory.[19] On 30 June 2019, Condon won his first Munster Championship medal in six years when he was a non-playing substitute in Limerick's 2-26 to 2-14 defeat of Tipperary in the final.[20]
In January 2021, Condon announced his retirement form inter-county hurling.[21] [22]
Condon was first selected for the Munster inter-provincial team for the 2012 Inter-provincial Championship. He made his first appearance on 19 February when he lined out at left corner-back in a 3-14 to 1-16 defeat by Leinster in the semi-final.[23] Condon was selected for the Munster team again the following year. On 3 March 2013, he won a Railway Cup medal when he lined out at full-back in Munster's 1-22 to 0-15 defeat of Connacht in the final.[24]
For the third year in succession, Condon was selected for the Munster team. On 9 February 2014, he was at right corner-back when Munster suffered a 1-18 to 0-16 defeat by an all-Galway Connacht side in the semi-final.[25]
After a one-year hiatus to the competition, Condon was back on the Munster panel for the 2016 Championship. On 15 December he was an unused substitute when Munster defeated Leinster by 2-20 to 2-16 to win the Railway Cup.[26]
Condon is married to Limerick camogie player Sarah Carey.[27]
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Limerick | 2009 | Division 1 | 5 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-00 | |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2011 | Division 2 | 6 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-01 | 10 | 0-02 | ||
| 2012 | Division 2 | 6 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-00 | ||
| 2013 | 4 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-00 | |||
| 2014 | 6 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-02 | |||
| 2015 | 2 | 0-04 | 2 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-05 | |||
| 2016 | 6 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-01 | |||
| 2017 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | |||
| 2018 | 2 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | |||
| 2019 | Division 1A | 8 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 8 | 0-01 | ||
| 2020 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | |||
| Career total | 48 | 0-09 | 11 | 0-01 | 14 | 0-01 | 73 | 0-11 | |||