At club level, he plays with Ballybrown, while he is also a member of the Limerick senior hurling team.
O'Connor first played hurling as a schoolboy with Ardscoil Rís, while also simultaneously lining out at juvenile and underage levels with the Ballybrown club.
[1] He won three consecutive Limerick Premier MHC titles with the club in 2019, 2020 and as team captain in 2021.
O'Connor first appeared at inter-county level with Limerick as a member of the minor team that won the Munster MHC title in 2019.
[6] He later spent three consecutive seasons with the under-20 team and was at centre-forward when Limerick were beaten by Kilkenny in the 2022 All-Ireland under-20 final.