Setanta Hurling Club (Donegal)

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]

Setanta Hurling Club

Setanta Iomána[1]
County:	Donegal
Colours:	Green and black[1]
Grounds:	Setanta Park
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster champions Donegal champions Hurling: 0 0 17

As of 2024, 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

Further information: Category:Setanta hurlers

• Kevin Campbell — Nicky Rackard Cup winner
• Declan Coulter — selected as an All Star replacement, scored 1–6 in a game in Dubai and named man of the match^[7][8][9]
• Danny Cullen — captained Ireland in the Shinty–Hurling International Series^[10][11]
• Donal Reid — one of the winners from the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, he also played hurling for Setanta^[12]

Honours

• Donegal Senior Hurling Championship (17): 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2007, 2008, 2017,^[13] 2019,^[14] 2020,^[15] 2022^[16]
• Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1) 2023^[5]
• Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship (2): 2017,^[3] 2022^[4]

References

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