Tipperary star Conor Sweeney announces retirement

Tipperary's former All-Star Conor Sweeney has retired from intercounty senior football at the age of 34.

The Ballyporeen man made his championship debut against Laois in 2010 and over the next decade developed into one of the leading forwards in the country.

In 2020, in the iconic green and white Bloody Sunday colours, Sweeney captained Tipperary to their first Munster Senior Football title since 1935 in a surprise win over Cork.

His performances throughout that 2020 championship earned him an All-Star - becoming the third Premier footballer to win the award after Declan Browne and Michael Quinlivan (Arravale Rovers' Brian Lacey also won an All-Star in 1998 but in the colours of Kildare).

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Sweeney claimed a Munster U-21 football championship in 2010, an Allianz Football League Division 4 title in 2014 and a Division 3 League title in 2017.

He scored 2-02 when Tipp stunned Galway in the 2016 All-Ireland quarter-final.

"After 15 years playing senior football for Tipperary I feel now is the right time to step away and retire from intercounty football," Sweeney said.

"I feel truly honoured and privileged to have represented my county and I have genuinely loved every minute of my time in the blue and gold, and green and white."

Thanking his family, all his former team-mates, coaches and management team members, Sweeney highlighted "two people that are no longer with us, but who had a massive impact on me throughout my career. The late Liam Kearns and Pat O'Callaghan.

"Liam, as everyone will know, was a previous manager and