Setanta Hurling Club (Donegal)

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Setanta Hurling Club
Setanta Iomána [1]
County: Donegal
Colours:Green and black [1]
Grounds:Setanta Park
Coordinates: 54°47′10″N7°42′09″W / 54.786°N 7.7024°W / 54.786; -7.7024
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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]

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As of 2025, the club competes in the Donegal SHC.

History

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

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Setanta Hurling Club". Donegal GAA website. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Club Titles — Donegal". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Coulter's strike drives Setanta to glory". Irish Independent . 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 Bonnar, Dáire (27 November 2022). "Super Setanta soar clear to win another Ulster JHC title" . Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. 1 2 "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.
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