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| Born | 29 April 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:37, 10 Juen 2025. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Billy Drennan (born 29 April 2003) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Galmoy and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
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 PPS SAHC. 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.
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| 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 |
| 2024 | Division 1A | 6 | 2-21 | 2 | 1-06 | 0 | 0-00 | 8 | 3-27 | |
| 2025 | Division 1A | 4 | 0-08 | 3 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-10 | |
| Total | 17 | 4-99 | 8 | 1-10 | 0 | 0-00 | 25 | 5-109 | ||
| Career total | 17 | 4-99 | 21 | 5-117 | 6 | 2-45 | 44 | 11-261 | ||