Declan Ruth

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Declan Ruth
Personal information
Irish name Déaglán Rút
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-back
Born (1976-04-30) 30 April 1976 (age 46)
Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nickname Skippy
Occupation Account manager
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Rapparees Starlights
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Wexford titles 2 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
1994-1998
 Waterford Institute of Technology
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1995-2007
 Wexford
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Declan Ruth (born 30 April 1976) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He is the current manager of his hometown club Rapparees, having enjoyed a lengthy career with them as a player, while he also lined out with the Wexford senior hurling team. Ruth usually lined out as a defender. [1]

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Playing career

Ruth first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels as a dual player with the Shamrocks GAA club, before transferring to the Rapparees GAA club. He eventually progressed onto the club's top adult teams and won two County Championship titles as a Gaelic footballer. Ruth first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Wexford minor team before later winning consecutive Leinster Under-21 Championship titles. [2] He made his first appearance for the Wexford senior hurling team in an Oireachtas Cup game against Clare in November 1995. Ruth was a non-playing substitute on the Wexford team that beat Limerick in the 1996 All-Ireland final. [3] He had earlier won a Leinster Championship medal as a non-playing substitute and, after being dropped from the team for a period, returned to win a second provincial title in 2004. [4]

Managerial career

Ruth has been involved in coaching and team management at all levels with the Rapparees club. In 2021 he managed the club's senior team to a first County Championship title in 43 years. [5]

Personal life

Ruth was educated at Enniscorthy CBS before later completing a Bachelor's degree in Business Studies and Accountancy at the Waterford Institute of Technology. He later worked as a sales rep for a number of medical companies and also spent some time as an analyst on RTÉ's the Sunday Game . In 2009, Ruth married Wexford camogie player Aoife O'Connor. [6]

Honours

Player

Starlights
Wexford

Manager

Rapparees

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References

  1. ↑ "Ruth, Declan". Hogan Stand. 6 November 1998. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Declan Ruth: Wexford hurler". Irish Independent. 11 June 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "A player-by-player guide to Wexford's All-Ireland 25 years on: 'We laughed as much as we hurled'". Irish Examiner. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Fitzhenry inspires Wexford to Leinster title". Irish Examiner. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Verney, Michael (19 September 2020). "Goal-hungry Rapparees make hay after hitting St Anne's for six to end 43-year famine". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "A match made in hurling heaven". Wexford People. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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