Complex sentence: Born in Ballyhale, County Kilkenny, Phelan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Ballyhale, County Kilkenny, Phelan first played competitive hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team.