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Dean Mason (born 3 October 2000) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays as a goalkeeper with Ballyhale Shamrocks and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.

Career

Mason had a number of hurling successes as a student at St Kieran's College in Kilkenny. He won two Leinster Colleges SHC titles, as well as consecutive Croke Cup titles in 2018 and 2019. Mason later lined out with University of Limerick and was part of their Fitzgibbon Cup-winning teams in 2022 and 2023.

At club level, Mason first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Ballyhale Shamrocks club. He had several underage successes, including the Kilkenny MAHC title in 2016 and consecutive Kilkenny U21AHC titles in 2017 and 2018. Mason was just 17-years-old when he became the club's senior team goalkeeper. Over the course of the following few years, he won five consecutive Kilkenny SHC titles, four Leinster Club SHC titles and three All-Ireland Club SHC titles.

Mason was 16-years-old when he first played on the inter-county scene with Kilkenny as a member of the minor team. He won a Leinster MHC medal in 2017, however, a change in the age limit meant that this was his only year in that grade. Mason won a Leinster U2HC medal in 2019. He joined the senior team's extended panel as third-choice goalkeeper in 2022. Mason won consecutive Leinster SHC medals in 2022 and 2023.

Personal life

His granduncle, Maurice Mason, also played for Ballyhale Shamrocks and captained Kilkenny in 1981.

Honours

St Kieran's College

• Dr Croke Cup: 2018, 2019
• Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 2017, 2019

University of Limerick

• Fitzgibbon Cup: 2022 2023

Ballyhale Shamrocks

• All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2019, 2020, 2023
• Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
• Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Kilkenny Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2017, 2018
• Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship: 2016

Kilkenny

• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 2022, 2023
• Leinster Under-20 Hurling Championship: 2019
• Leinster Minor Hurling Championship: 2017

References

1. "Player Profiles: All the information you need to know about the 2022 Kilkenny senior hurling panel". Score Line. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
2. "Hogan praises Kieran's heroes as they regroup to take crown". Irish Independent. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
3. "Blanchfield shines as Kieran's break Pres hearts". Irish Independent. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
4. "UL rally to Fitzgibbon Cup glory with late 1-5 to deny NUIG dream double". The 42. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
5. "LISTEN: Kilkenny Minor Roinn A Hurling Final 2016 Commentary". Score Line. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
6. Breheny, Martin (17 March 2019). "Colin Fennelly inspires Ballyhale to All Ireland glory as Henry Shefflin reaches another milestone". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
7. O'Toole, Fintan (18 January 2020). "Ballyhale retain All-Ireland club title for first time with win over battling Borris-Ileigh". The 42. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
8. "Ballyhale secure All-Ireland club hurling crown at Croke Park but are made to work by a game Dunloy". Irish Independent. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
9. O'Brien, Kevin (2 July 2017). "Adrian Mullen, cousin of the Fennelly brothers, hits 1-9 as Cats exact revenge on Dublin". The 42. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
10. Fagan, Ronan (17 July 2019). "Shefflin goal the difference as DJ Carey's Kilkenny land first provincial title in two years". The 42. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
11. "GAA: The Untouchables". Irish Examiner. 24 December 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

• 2000 births
• Living people
• Ballyhale Shamrocks hurlers
• Kilkenny inter-county hurlers
• Hurling goalkeepers
• 21st-century Irish sportsmen