page_title: Joseph Cooney
section_title: Senior
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Cooney / Playing career / Galway / Senior
caption_attribution_description: English: Cyril Donnellan in action for Pádraig Pearse's against Beagh in the 2013 Galway Senior Hurling Championship quarter final
context_page_description: Joseph Cooney is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Sarsfields and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He currently lines out as a left wing-back.
context_section_description: Cooney was added to the Galway senior team in advance of the 2012 National League. He made his first appearance on 26 February 2012 when he came on as a substitute from Conor Cooney at right wing-forward in a 0-20 to 0-13 defeat of Dublin. On 8 July 2012, Cooney won a Leinster Championship medal in his debut game after coming on as a substitute for Cyril Donnellan in a 2-21 to 2-12 defeat of Kilkenny in the final. On 9 September 2012, he started the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny on the bench but was introduced as a substitute for Niall Burke in the 0-19 to 2-13 draw. The replay on 30 September 2012 saw Cooney come on as a substitute for Niall Donoghue, however, Galway were defeated by 3-22 to 3-11.
  On 7 July 2013, Cooney lined out at left wing-back when Galway suffered a 2-25 to 2-13 defeat by Dublin in the Leinster final.
  Cooney was selected as a substitute when Galway faced Kilkenny in the Leinster final on 5 July 2015. He came on as a substitute for Aidan Harte in the 1-25 to 2-15 defeat. On 6 September 2015, Cooney was an unused substitute when Galway sufered a 1-22 to 1-18 defeat by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.
  On 3 July 2016, Cooney scored two points from centre-forward in Galway's 1-26 to 0-22 defeat by Kilkenny in the Leinster final. 
  On 22 April 2017, Cooney lined out at left wing-forward when Galway faced Tipperary in the National League final. He was held scoreless but ended the game with a winners' medal following the 3-21 to 0-14 victory. The subsequent championship saw Galway qualify for a Leinster final meeting with Wexford. Cooney scored five points and collected a second winner's medal after the 0-29 to 1-17 victory. On 3 September 2017, Canning was at right wing-forward when Galway faced Waterford in the All-Ireland final. He scored three points in the 0-26 to 2-17 victory and a first All-Ireland Championship for Galway in 29 years.
  On 1 July 2018, Cooney scored a point from play in Galway's 0-18 apiece draw with Kilkenny in the Leinster final. The replay a week later saw him collect a third provincial medal after scoring a point in Galway's 1-28 to 3-15 victory. On 19 August 2018, Canning was at right wing-forward when Galway faced Limerick in the All-Ireland final. He scored three points during the game, however, Limerick won their first title in 45 years after a 3-16 to 2-18 victory.
caption: Cooney made his championship debut as a substitute for Cyril Donnellan in the 2012 Leinster final.
exif: {"Image Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "Image Model": "NIKON D300", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Aperture 3.2.4", "Image DateTime": "2013:06:22 19:07:26", "Image ExifOffset": "204", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/800", "EXIF FNumber": "16/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2013:06:22 19:07:26", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2013:06:22 19:07:26", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "4", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "CenterWeightedAverage", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "105", "EXIF SubSecTime": "24", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "24", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "24", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2878", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1919", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "157", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "None", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Hard", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0"}