Niall Deasy

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Niall Deasy (born 1994) is an Irish hurler from Ballyea, County Clare. He plays as a left wing-forward for Ballyea and for the Clare senior hurling team. He works as an AIB business adviser.

Deasy came through Ballyea’s youth ranks and won the under-21 Clare Championship in 2012. On October 30, 2016, he scored 1-03 as Ballyea won their first Clare Senior Championship, beating Clonlara. Ballyea then won the Munster title in 2016 after defeating Glen Rovers in the final. On March 17, 2017, he scored 1-06 as Ballyea were runners-up in the All-Ireland club final to Cuala. On October 21, 2018, he helped Ballyea win a second Clare Championship, finishing the season as top scorer with 2-48.

At minor level, Deasy played for Clare in 2011 and won the Munster Minor Championship that year. He later joined the Clare under-21 team and won a Munster medal in 2014 as a non-playing substitute; Clare then beat Wexford in the All-Ireland final that year, with Deasy as an unused substitute. He joined the Clare senior panel in late 2016. His National Hurling League debut came on February 19, 2017, against Kilkenny. Later in 2017 he made his first championship appearance, scoring 1-01, in Clare’s Munster Championship win over Waterford.