Setanta Hurling Club (Donegal)
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| County: | Donegal | ||||||||
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| Colours: | Green and black[1] | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Setanta Park | ||||||||
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Setanta Hurling Club[1] is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located near Killygordon, County Donegal, Ireland. The club is solely concerned with the game of hurling.[1]
As of 2024, the club competes in the Donegal SHC.
History
[edit]Setanta won its first Donegal SHC title in 1973. Since then, it has won a total of 17 club titles, including a six-in-a-row between 1983 and 1988.[2]
The club won its first Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship title in 2017.[3]
Gary McGettigan managed Setanta to the 2022 Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship title.[4]
The following season, Setanta won the 2023 Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, thus becoming the first team from Donegal to win the competition.[5][6]
Notable players
[edit]- Kevin Campbell — Nicky Rackard Cup winner
- Declan Coulter — selected as an All Star replacement, scored 1–6 in a game in Dubai and named man of the match[7][8][9]
- Danny Cullen — captained Ireland in the Shinty–Hurling International Series[10][11]
- Donal Reid — one of the winners from the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, he also played hurling for Setanta[12]
Honours
[edit]- Donegal Senior Hurling Championship (17): 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2007, 2008, 2017,[13] 2019,[14] 2020,[15] 2022[16]
- Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1) 2023[5]
- Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship (2): 2017,[3] 2022[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Setanta Hurling Club". Donegal GAA website. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Club Titles — Donegal". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Coulter's strike drives Setanta to glory". Irish Independent. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b Bonnar, Dáire (27 November 2022). "Super Setanta soar clear to win another Ulster JHC title". Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Setanta create history as they win the Ulster IHC title". Donegal News. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ Mooney, Francis (3 December 2023). "Donegal's Setanta see off game Eire Og in Ulster IHC Final". The Irish News. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Declan Coulter shines in PwC All Star game in Abu Dhabi". Highland Radio. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ Moran, Seán (29 November 2019). "Declan Coulter takes opportunity to shine in Abu Dhabi: Donegal and former Armagh hurler scores 1–6 and is named Man of the Match". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (19 November 2019). "Declan Coulter to feature in All-Stars trip to Abu Dhabi". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (31 October 2019). "Danny Cullen to captain Irish squad for Shinty International". Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ Barry, Stephen (31 October 2019). "19 counties represented in Ireland squads for Hurling–Shinty Internationals". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
Donegal's Danny Cullen will captain a team which includes Laois stalwarts Willie Dunphy and Ryan Mullaney, Kerry's Mikey Boyle and Shane Nolan, and Westmeath duo Joey Boyle and Shane McGovern.
- ^ Foley, Alan (8 January 2009). "The heroes of '92 — Where are they now?". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (16 September 2017). "Setanta make experience count to see off St Eunan's and become champions again". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Donegal SHC final: Setanta goals sink St Eunan's". Hogan Stand. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Donegal SHC: Setanta too good for St Eunan's". Irish Examiner. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Setanta's class prevails in extra-time to win SHC over Burt". Donegal Daily. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.