Mickey O'Connell (born January 1977) is an Irish hurling coach and hurler who played for Cork Senior Championship club Midleton. He played for the Cork senior hurling team at various times over a ten-year period, during which time he usually lined out at midfield. O'Connell began his hurling career at club level with Midleton. He broke onto the club's senior team as an 18-year-old in 1995 and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen. O'Connell made 35 championship appearances at senior level for the club before his retirement in 2009. At inter-county level, O'Connell was part of the successful Cork minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1995 before later winning back-to-back All-Ireland Championships with the under-21 team in 1997 and 1998. He joined the Cork senior team in 1998. From his debut, O'Connell was a regular at midfield and made a combined total of 43 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last appearance in 2007. During that time he was part of two All-Ireland Championship-winning teams – in 1999 and 2004. O'Connell also secured three Munster Championship medals and a National Hurling League medal. At inter-provincial level, O'Connell was selected to play in one championship campaign with Munster, however, he ended his career without a Railway Cup medal. Playing career Midleton CBS O'Connell played in all grades of hurling during his secondary schooling at Midleton CBS Secondary School before joining the college's senior hurling side. On 27 March 1994, he lined out at left wing-forward when Midleton CBS suffered a 1–09 to 0–04 defeat by the North Monastery in the Harty Cup final. While the 1994 Harty Cup final was supposed to be his last game, O'Connell was one of 11 Midleton CBS players who repeated the Leaving Cert in an effort to claim the title. On 26 March 1995, he lined out at left wing-forward in a second successive Harty Cup final. He ended the game with a winners' medal after scoring eight points in the 3–18 to 3–05 defeat of Lismore CBS. On 30 April, scored three points from left wing-forward in a 5–10 to 3–05 All-Ireland final defeat by St. Raphael's College from Loughrea. Midleton O'Connell joined the Midleton club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. He joined the club's senior team as an 18-year-old during the 1995 Cork