Declan Dalton

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Declan Dalton
Personal information
Irish name Déaglán Daltúin
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 (age 26)
Ballymacoda, County Cork, Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nickname Deccie
Club(s)*
YearsClubApps (scores)
2014-present
2015-2019
 Fr. O'Neill's
→ Imokilly 		3 (2-24)
23 (5-92)
Club titles
Cork titles 3
Inter-county(ies)**
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2016-present
 Cork 17 (3-36)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0
* club appearances and scores correct as of 22:56, 20 October 2023.
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of match played 7 July 2024.

Declan Dalton (born 6 November 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays as a forward for club side Fr. O'Neill's, divisional side Imokilly and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team.

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Playing career

Fr. O'Neill's

Dalton joined the Fr. O'Neill's club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 16 September 2013, he was at right wing-forward when Fr. O'Neill's defeated Newcestown by 4-14 to 5-10 to win the Cork Premier 2 MHC title.

Dalton subsequently progressed onto the Fr. O'Neill's under-21 team. On 8 December 2018, he gave the "performance of a lifetime" for Fr. O'Neill's when he scored 0-15, including twelve from frees, in 3-24 to 4-18 defeat of Midleton to win the Cork Premier Under-21 Championship title. [1]

Dalton made his first appearance for the Fr. O'Neill's top adult team during the 2014 Cork Intermediate Championship.

On 22 October 2016, Dalton scored six points from full-forward when Fr. O'Neill's drew with Kildorrery in the Cork Intermediate Championship final. [2] The replay a week later also saw Dalton top score for the team with 1-08 in a 1-18 to 1-14 victory. [3]

On 12 October 2019, Dalton lined out at full-forward when Fr. O'Neill's faced Kilworth in the Cork Premier Intermediate Championship final. He ended the game with a winners' medal following the 3-23 to 1-20 victory. [4] Dalton was also the championship's top scorer with 3-45. On 24 November 2019, he scored 1-07 when Fr. O'Neill's defeated Ballysaggart by 2-15 to 0-17 to win the Munster Club Championship. [5]

Imokilly

Dalton's performances at club level lead to him being selected for the Imokilly divisional team during the 2015 Cork Senior Championship.

On 22 October 2017, Dalton was in goal when Imokilly defeated Blackrock by 3-13 to 0-18 to win the Cork Senior Championship final. [6] It was the division's first title since 1998.

Dalton was replaced in goal by Watergrasshill's Dara O'Callaghan for the 2018 Cork Senior Championship, however, he remained on the panel as a forward. On 14 October, he was introduced as a 52nd-minute substitute for Barry Lawton when Imokilly retained the title after a 4-19 to 1-18 defeat of Midleton in the final. [7]

On 20 October 2019, Dalton played in a third successive county final. Lining out at full-forward, he top scored for the team with 1-07 and collected a third successive winners' medal after the 2-17 to 1-16 defeat of Glen Rovers. [8] Dalton was also the championship's top scorer with 3-55.

Cork

Minor and under-21

Dalton first played for Cork at minor level on 8 April 2015 in a 2-20 to 1-13 Munster Championship defeat of Limerick. [9] An anomaly in the championship format saw Cork face the same opposition in the semi-final, with Limerick reversing the result and knocking Dalton's team out of the championship. [10]

On 13 July 2017, Dalton made his first appearance for the Cork under-21 hurling team, scoring 1-12, including a late penalty, in Cork's one-point defeat of Waterford. [11]

Dalton won a Munster Championship medal on 4 July 2018, after scoring seven points in Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final. [12] A knee injury in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final defeat of Wexford threatened to end his championship campaign. [13] On 26 August 2018, Dalton scored five points from frees in a 3-13 to 1-16 All-Ireland final defeat by Tipperary in what was his last game in the grade. [14] Dalton was later nominated for the Team of the Year. [15]

Senior

Dalton was added to the extended training panel of the Cork senior team in late 2016. [16] He made his first competitive appearance as goalkeeper on 25 January 2017 and scored two long-range points from frees in Cork's 0-19 to 0-15 Munster League defeat of Clare. [17]

On 27 January 2019, Dalton made his first National Hurling League appearance at centre-forward in a 2-18 to 0-17 defeat by Kilkenny at Nowlan Park. [18] On 13 February, it was announced that he faced a period on the sidelines following a knee operation. [19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 October 2023.
TeamYear Cork IHC MunsterAll-IrelandTotal
AppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Fr. O'Neill's 2014 41-21——41-21
2015 43-33——43-33
2016 75-55——75-55
Total159-109——159-109
Year Cork PIHC Munster All-Ireland Total
AppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
2017 43-14——43-14
2018 43-19——43-19
2019 53-4533-2822-14108-87
Total139-7843-2822-141914-120
Year Cork SAHC MunsterAll-IrelandTotal
AppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
2020 57-35——57-35
2021 33-30——33-30
2022 51-50——51-50
Total1311-115——1311-115
Year Cork PSHC MunsterAll-IrelandTotal
AppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
2023 21-14——21-14
Total32-24——32-24
Career total4431-32633-2822-144936-368

Division

As of match played 20 October 2019.
TeamYear Cork SHC
AppsScore
Imokilly 2015 31-10
2016 40-08
2017 61-08
2018 40-11
2019 63-55
Career total235-92

Inter-county

As of match played 7 July 2024.
TeamYear National League MunsterAll-IrelandTotal
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Cork Minor 2015 —20-03—20-03
Total—20-03—20-03
Cork U21 2017 —21-14—21-14
2018 —20-1520-1340-28
Total—41-2920-1361-42
Cork 2017 Division 1A ————
2018————
201920-0130-0210-0160-04
202030-0210-0121-0261-05
202120-0200-0000-0020-02
2022————
202341-1242-09—83-21
202420-0730-0730-1480-28
Total131-24112-1961-17304-60
Career total131-24173-5181-30385-105

Honours

Fr. O'Neill's
Imokilly
Cork

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