Career
He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion, after scoring a hat-trick of goals in the final. At club level O'Connell was a two-time county club championship medalist with Fenians.
He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion, after scoring a hat-trick of goals in the final. At club level O'Connell was a two-time county club championship medalist with Fenians.
O'Connell made his first appearance for the team during the 1959 championship and was a semi-regular member of the starting fifteen for the following sevens easons.
