Player

Conor Ó Tighearnaigh

Lock - Leinster - St Michael's College - UCD

Profile

Conor Ó Tighearnaigh is a young lock whose pathway runs through St Michael's College, MU Barnhall RFC, Ireland U20 and Leinster. His profile is still early-stage, but the route is already significant: school rugby at one of Leinster's strongest rugby schools, club rugby with MU Barnhall RFC, national underage rugby and then the Leinster Academy/senior squad.

His schools profile has a major marker. Ó Tighearnaigh captained St Michael's College to the Leinster Schools Senior Cup title in 2022, giving him one of the clearest leadership and school-cup achievements among the younger forwards in the squad. That St Michael's side produced a number of players who remain visible in Leinster and Ireland underage pathways.

The Ireland U20 stage then pushed him further into the professional conversation. Ó Tighearnaigh was part of the Ireland U20 group that won a Grand Slam in 2023, and he moved into the Leinster Academy as part of the next wave of young forwards coming through the system.

By 2025/26, he is recorded as a Leinster senior squad lock. His profile links St Michael's College, MU Barnhall RFC, Ireland U20 and Leinster, and should sit beside other young second-row pathways such as Brian Deeny, Diarmuid Mangan and Joe McCarthy. It is a live development profile rather than a complete senior career story.

Linked Public Pages

• St Michael's College
• UCD

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Public Honours And Pathway Tags

• U20