Setanta Hurling Club (Donegal)

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]

Setanta Hurling Club
Setanta Iomána[1]
County:Donegal
Colours:Green and black[1]
Grounds:Setanta Park
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster
champions
Donegal
champions
Hurling: 0 0 17

As of 2024, the club competes in the Donegal SHC.

History

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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

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Honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Setanta Hurling Club". Donegal GAA website. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Club Titles — Donegal". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Coulter's strike drives Setanta to glory". Irish Independent. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b Bonnar, Dáire (27 November 2022). "Super Setanta soar clear to win another Ulster JHC title". Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Setanta create history as they win the Ulster IHC title". Donegal News. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  6. ^ Mooney, Francis (3 December 2023). "Donegal's Setanta see off game Eire Og in Ulster IHC Final". The Irish News. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Declan Coulter shines in PwC All Star game in Abu Dhabi". Highland Radio. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ McNulty, Chris (19 November 2019). "Declan Coulter to feature in All-Stars trip to Abu Dhabi". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  10. ^ McNulty, Chris (31 October 2019). "Danny Cullen to captain Irish squad for Shinty International". Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ McNulty, Chris (16 September 2017). "Setanta make experience count to see off St Eunan's and become champions again". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Donegal SHC final: Setanta goals sink St Eunan's". Hogan Stand. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Donegal SHC: Setanta too good for St Eunan's". Irish Examiner. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Setanta's class prevails in extra-time to win SHC over Burt". Donegal Daily. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.