Declan Fanning

Declan Fanning

Personal information
Irish name	Déaglán Ó Fainín
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right corner-back
Born	14 June 1979 (1979-06-14) (age 32) Killenaule, County Tipperary
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation	Agricultural Mechanic
Club(s)
Years	Club
1997-present	Killenaule
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2004-2010	Tipperary	30 (0-1)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All Irelands	1
NHL	1
All Stars	1

Declan Fanning (born June 14, 1979^[1] in Killenaule, County Tipperary) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Killenaule and also with the Tipperary senior inter-county team until 2010. He plays in the full-back position.

Playing career

Club

Fanning plays his club hurling with his local Killenaule side, however, he has yet to win a senior county title.

Inter-county

Fanning first came to promience on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team in the late 1990s. He won a Munster title in this grade in 1997, however, Tipp were defeated in the later stages of the All-Ireland championship. Fanning later joined the Tipperary under-21 side, however, he had little success at this level. In 2003 Fanning was a dual player with his native county. That year he lined out with the Tipperary senior footballers in their qualifier game against Donegal. Fanning made his competitive senior hurling debut as a substitute in a National Hurling League game against Wexford in 2004. He made his championship debut against Limerick later that same year, however, Tipp's championship hopes ended in defeat. In 2005 Fanning lined out in his first Munster final, however, provincial rivals Cork were victorious on that occasion. Tipp were later defeated in the All-Ireland quarter-final. In 2006 Fanning's side took on Cork in the Munster final yet again, however, Cork won the game once again. Tipp were later defeated in the All-Ireland quarter-final once again. Tipp began their 2007 championship campaign with an epic series of three games against Limerick. Fanning's side lost the second replay, however, Tipp later came through the qualifiers only to be defeated in a third consecutive All-Irelad quarter-final. In spite of a lack of championship success Fanning was presented with his first All-Star award.

In September 2009, Fanning was nominated for the 2009 All Star Team.^[2]

On 5 September 2010, Fanning started at right half-back as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4-17 to 1-18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was Fanning's first All-Ireland winners medal.^[3]

On 1 November 2010, Fanning announced his retirement from inter-county hurling. 'Having had the great honour of winning an All Ireland senior hurling medal with Tipperary this year, I have decided to call time on my inter-county hurling career, I am very grateful to Liam Sheedy and his management and backroom team for all the encouragement and support they gave me.^[4] I want to thank all the players, We worked hard together but we also had great fun and I shall miss training and hurling with them.' he said in a statement.^[5][6]

Provincial

Fanning has also lined out with Munster in the Railway Cup inter-provincial competition. He captured a winners medal in this competition in 2007 as Munster defeated Connacht in the final.

Honours

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship:
  • Winner (1): 2010
  • Runner-up (1): 2009
• Munster Senior Hurling Championship:
  • Winner (2): 2008, 2009
• National Hurling League:
  • Winner (1): 2008

Notes

1. ^ Tipperary profile
2. ^ "Hurling All Star nominations revealed". RTÉ Sport. 2009-09-23. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0923/allstar.html. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 
3. ^ "Rampant Tipp deny Cats immortality". Irish Independent. 2010-09-06. http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/rampant-tipp-deny-cats-immortality-2326052.html. Retrieved 2010-09-08. 
4. ^ "Fanning calls time on Tipp county career". Irish Times. 2010-11-01. http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/gaa/2010/1101/1224282475489.html. Retrieved 2010-11-01. 
5. ^ "Declan Fanning quits Tipperary panel". RTE Sport. 2010-11-01. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/1101/fanningd.html. Retrieved 2010-11-01. 
6. ^ "Fanning retires from intercounty hurling". gaa.ie. 2010-11-01. http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/1/0111101744-fanning-retires-from-intercounty-hurling/. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 

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Name	Fanning, Declan
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Date of birth	1979-06-14
Place of birth	Killenaule
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