Introduction
Billy Drennan (born 28 November 2003) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Galmoy and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
Career
Drennan first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Galmoy club, while also playing as a schoolboy with CBS Kilkenny in the Leinster Colleges' Championship. He has also lined out with Maynooth University in the Fitzgibbon Cup.
Drennan first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny minor hurling team that lost the 2019 All-Ireland minor final to Galway. He was the championship's top scorer with 2-66. Brennan was again part of the minor team that lost the 2020 All-Ireland minor final to Galway. He immediately progressed to the under-20 team and was man of the match when Kilkenny beat Limerick in the 2022 All-Ireland under-20 final.
Drennan first played for the senior team during the 2023 Walsh Cup.
Career statistics
- As of 10 February 2024
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Kilkenny Minor | 2019 | — | 5 | 1-36 | 4 | 1-30 | 9 | 2-66 | ||
| 2020 | — | 2 | 0-27 | 1 | 1-06 | 3 | 1-33 | |||
| Total | — | 7 | 1-63 | 5 | 2-36 | 12 | 3-99 | |||
| Kilkenny U20 | 2021 | — | 2 | 0-01 | — | 2 | 0-01 | |||
| 2022 | — | 3 | 1-31 | 1 | 0-09 | 4 | 1-40 | |||
| 2023 | — | 1 | 2-12 | — | 1 | 2-12 | ||||
| Total | — | 6 | 3-44 | 1 | 0-09 | 7 | 2-53 | |||
| Kilkenny | 2023 | Division 1B | 7 | 2-70 | 3 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 10 | 2-72 |
| 2023 | Division 1A | 1 | 0-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-03 | |
| Total | 8 | 2-73 | 3 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 11 | 2-75 | ||
| Career total | 8 | 2-73 | 16 | 4-109 | 6 | 2-45 | 30 | 8-227 | ||
Honours
- Kilkenny
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 2023
- All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship: 2022
- Leinster Under-20 Hurling Championship: 2022
- Leinster Minor Hurling Championship: 2020