Shane Morgan

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Shane Morgan
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Morgáin
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-back
Born 2003
Loughrea,
County Galway, Ireland
Occupation Student
Club(s)
YearsClub
Loughrea
Club titles
Galway titles 1
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
University of Galway
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2024-present
Galway
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Shane Morgan (born 2003) is an Irish hurler. At club level, he plays with Loughrea and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team.

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Career

Morgan played hurling at all levels as a student at St. Raphael's College in Loughrea. He was corner-back on the college's senior team that won the All-Ireland PPS SBHC title in 2019, following a 1-18 to 1-14 win over Castlecomer Community School in the final. [1] He added a Connacht PPS SAHC medal to his collection in 2020, when St Raphael's beat Presentation College, Athenry by 1-10 to 0-09 in the provincial final. [2]

After finishing his second-level education, Morgan later played with University of Galway in the Fitzgibbon Cup and was part of the team beaten by University of Limerick in the 2023 final. [3] At club level, he plays with Loughrea and won a Galway SHC medal in 2024 after a 1-21 to 3-13 defeat of Portumna. [4]

Morgan first appeared on the inter-county scene for Galway as a member of the minor team in 2019. He was at full-forward when Galway beat Kilkenny by 3-14 to 0-12 to claim the All-Ireland MHC title. [5] Morgan was switched to corner-back when Galway retained the title in 2020 following a second consecutive defeat of Kilkenny. [6] He later progressed to the under-20 team. [7] Morgan made his senior team debut in the 2024 Walsh Cup. [8]

Honours

St Raphael's College
Loughrea
Galway

References

  1. "St Raphael's claim All Ireland B glory". GAA website. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. "Connacht Final 2020". St Raphael's GAA website. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  3. McCarthy, Tomás (18 February 2023). "Four-goal Michael Kiely fires UL to Fitzgibbon Cup glory against University of Galway". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  4. "Loughrea finally scratch the itch with victory over Cappataggle in Galway final". Irish Examiner. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  5. "Electric Ireland MHC Final: Impressive Galway triumph". GAA website. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. "All Ireland MHC Final: Galway retain title". GAA website. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. "Billy Drennan fires Kilkenny to final meeting with Wexford". RTÉ Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  8. "Galway Senior Hurling team named for Walsh Cup opener against Offaly". Galway Bay FM. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2025.