Matthew Whelan (born 1 February 1988) is an Irish hurler who plays for Laois Senior Championship club Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton.
After the creation of the new Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton club, he went on to win a County Senior Championship in 2016, having earlier won three intermediate titles.
[2][3] Whelan was straight out of the minor grade when he made his Laois senior hurling team debut in 2007.
Over the course of the following 15 seasons, he became a first-team regular and had two spells as team captain, while he also won a Joe McDonagh Cup medal and two National League Division 2 titles.
[4] Whelan retired from inter-county hurling on 25 July 2021, having made a record number of appearances for Laois.