Dublin county hurling team

Dublin

Sport:	Hurling
Irish:
County board:	Dublin GAA
Home venue(s):	Parnell Park
Recent competitive record
Last championship title:	2013
First colours Second colours

The Dublin county hurling team represents Dublin in hurling and is governed by Dublin GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and the National Hurling League.

Dublin's home ground is Parnell Park, Donnycarney. The team's manager is Niall Ó Ceallacháin

The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in 2013, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1938 and the National League in 2011.

History

In the 2005 league Dublin were relegated to Division Two in the National Hurling League, while the minor side won the Leinster Championship for the first time since 1983. In 2006 Dublin gained promotion to Division One after victory over Kerry in the Division Two final. ^[1] Following some indifferent displays in the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, they still managed to save their status in the top flight of hurling counties and again contested the McCarthy Cup in 2007. In the 2007 National Hurling League, meanwhile, despite being favourites to go down in 2007, Dublin managed to avoid relegation by finishing in fourth position. In 2009, former Clare manager, Anthony Daly was appointed manager of Dublin. ^[2] Under his management, Dublin contested the Leinster Final, but lost by 2 goals to Kilkenny. ^[3]

Liam Rushe in action for the Dublin hurlers against Galway in the Allianz Hurling League

Dublin won the National Hurling League in May 2011 after a 12-point win over Kilkenny, their first national title since they won the All Ireland in 1938. The hurlers have a very fervent following who travel in significant numbers to matches in the provinces. There has been a revival in the fortunes and popularity of Dublin hurling in recent years, and Dublin underage teams have had much success. ^{[4] [5]}

On 7 July 2013, they won the Leinster Final against Galway on a 2–25 to 2–13 scoreline, scoring 2–21 from play. This was the first time they had won this important competition since 1961. In a nice touch, the Goalkeeper from the 1961 team, presented Dublin Captain, Johnny McCaffrey with the Bob O'Keefe trophy.

Support

Rivalries

Dublin shares rivalries with fellow provincial sides Kilkenny, Offaly and [[Wexford county hurling team|Wexford] and Galway

Current panel

Team as per Dublin vs Galway in round 5 of the Leinster SHC, 26 May 2024

No. Player Position Club 1 Seán Brennan Goalkeeper Cuala 2 John Bellew Right Corner Back Lucan Sarsfields 3 Eoghan O'Donnell Full back Whitehall Colmcille 4 Paddy Smyth (c) Left Corner Back Clontarf 5 Chris Crummey Right half back Lucan Sarsfields 6 Conor Donohoe Centre back Erins Isle 7 Paddy Doyle Left half back Naomh Barróg 8 Brian Hayes Midfield Kilmacud Crokes 9 Conor Burke Midfield St Vincent's 10 Danny Sutcliffe Right half forward St Jude's 11 Donal Burke Centre forward Na Fianna 12 Seán Currie Left half forward Na Fianna 13 Fergal Whitely Right corner forward Kilmacud Crokes 14 Cian O'Sullivan Full forward St Brigid's 15 Ronan Hayes Left corner forward Kilmacud Crokes

No. Player Position Club 16 Eddie Gibbons Goalkeeper Kilmacud Crokes 17 James Madden Corner back Ballyboden St Enda's 18 Daire Gray Wing back Whitehall Colmcille 19 Seán Gallagher Midfielder Naomh Barróg 20 Darragh Power Midfielder Fingallians 21 Mark Grogan Wing back Kilmacud Crokes 22 Dara Purcell Midfielder Kilmacud Crokes 23 Colin Currie Wing forward Na Fianna 24 Paul Crummey Wing forward Lucan Sarsfields 25 Jake Malone Midfielder Cuala 26 Liam Murphy Corner forward Cuala

^INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team.
^RET Player has since retired from the county team.
^WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

Current management team

Micheál Donoghue, pictured here while in charge of Galway in 2016, was appointed Dublin manager in August 2022

Appointed on a three-year term in August 2022: ^{[6] [7]}

• Manager: Micheál Donoghue
• Backroom: Francis Forde, Noel Larkin, Shane O'Brien
• Coach:
• Selectors:

Managerial history

Jimmy Boggan 1982–1988

Lar Foley 1988–1993

Jimmy Gray 1993–1996

Michael O'Grady 1996–2000

Kevin Fennelly 2001–2002

Marty Morris 2003

Humphrey Kelleher 2003–2005 ^[8]

John Bailey ^[9] - Mick O'Riordan - Tommy Ryan 2005 (interim) ^{[10] [ contradictory ]}

Tommy Naughton 2005–2008

Anthony Daly 2008–2014

Ger Cunningham 2014–2017

Pat Gilroy 2017–2018

Mattie Kenny ^[11] 2018–2022

Micheál Donoghue 2022–

Players

Notable players

For individual player details, see Category:Dublin inter-county hurlers.

• Conal Keaney: 2001–2020 ^{[12] [13]}

Records

Most appearances

Further information: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics § All-time appearances

Top scorers

Further information: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics § All-time top scorers

All Stars

Dublin has 8 All Stars, as of 2013. 7 different players have won, as of 2013.

1971: Mick Bermingham
1990: Brian McMahon
2009: Alan McCrabbe
2011: Liam Rushe Gary Maguire
2013: Peter Kelly, Liam Rushe^2nd, Danny Sutcliffe

Honours

Dublin's hurlers have failed to replicate the success of the county's football side, having won the Senior All-Ireland Hurling final on 6 occasions, most recently in 1938. In terms of All-Ireland titles, they are significantly behind hurling's big three of Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary. Their six titles do however place them fifth in the overall winners list, jointly tied with Wexford.

Dublin have won the Leinster Championship on 24 occasions (the second highest total of any side), although they remain well behind Kilkenny, who have won the Leinster Championship 70 times.

Dublin have won the National Hurling League three times: in 1929, 1939 and 2011. This places them joint seventh (with Clare) on the overall winners list, having won 16 fewer titles than top-ranked Tipperary. ^[14]

National

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
  • Winners (6): 1889, 1917, 1920, 1924, 1927, 1938
  • Runners-up (15): 1892, 1894, 1896, 1906, 1908, 1919, 1921, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1961
• National Hurling League
  • Winners (3): 1928–29, 1938–39, 2011
  • Runners-up (5): 1925–26, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1940–41, 1945–46

Provincial

• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
  • Winners (24): 1889, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1902, 1906, 1908, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1961, 2013
  • Runners-up (36): 1888, 1893, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1990, 1991, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2021

Fingal

Main article: Fingal county hurling team

In 2007, the GAA announced that a hurling team from Fingal (north county Dublin) would compete in parallel to the main Dublin team, ^[15] to encourage hurling in an area of growing population where the game has not been strong. ^[16] While players from Fingal are eligible for the main Dublin team, non-Fingal players cannot play for Fingal. ^[16] The new team competed in the Nicky Rackard Cup in 2008, ^[16] and the Kehoe Cup in 2009. ^[17] They played in the National Hurling League up until 2016 when the Fingal Hurling project was disbanded.

References

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4. Lawlor, Damien (22 June 2008). "Capital's small ball project needs win to justify means". Irish Independent . Retrieved 18 September 2009.
5. Griffin, Liam (26 June 2005). "Hurling analyst". Sunday Tribune. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
6. "Micheál Donoghue back in management with Dublin". 22 August 2022.
7. "All-Ireland winning manager Micheál Donoghue takes over as Dublin boss". RTÉ. 22 August 2022.
8. Keys, Colm (27 May 2005). "Kelleher loses Dublin post". Irish Independent.
9. Breheny, Martin (6 June 2005). "Dub hurlers refuse to play amid claims of intimidation". Irish Independent. The Dublin hurling crisis deepened yesterday when the senior hurling squad announced that they are sticking to their guns and will not play for the county under an interim management team, headed by the county chairman, John Bailey… The players refused to train on Thursday after being told that Bailey would head an interim management team following the removal of Humphrey Kelleher as boss after the Leinster first round defeat by Laois.
10. O'Connor, Colm (23 October 2003). "Dublin caretaker roles for O'Riordan and Ryan: Mick O'Riordan and Tom Ryan have been appointed joint caretaker managers of the Dublin senior hurling team pending the appointment of a team manager". Irish Examiner .
11. "Strong, silent-type Kenny prefers to fly under radar". Irish Examiner . 22 March 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
12. "Conal Keaney retires from inter-county duty with Dublin". RTÉ. 19 April 2021.
13. "Keaney retires from Dublin duty after two decades". Hogan Stand. 19 April 2021.
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16. "Fingal are up for the fight". Evening Herald . 22 July 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
17. Cassells, Shane (21 January 2009). "Late rally leads DCU to victory over Fingal". Fingal Independent. Retrieved 8 March 2009.