Dan Shanahan

Dan Shanahan
Personal information
Irish name Dónal Ó Seanacháin
Sport Hurling
Position Wing forward
Born (1977-01-04) 4 January 1977 (age 47)
Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Nickname Big Dan, Dan the man
Occupation Truck driver
Club(s)
Years Club
1993–2022
 Lismore
Club titles
Waterford titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1995–2010
 Waterford 52 (21–58)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 4
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 3
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:49, 7 August 2012.
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Daniel Shanahan (born 4 January 1977) is an Irish former hurler. He has been a selector with the Waterford county team since 2013.[1]

Born in Lismore, County Waterford, Shanahan was introduced to hurling by his father, a former hurler with Waterford. He was a Harty Cup runner-up with Lismore CBS while simultaneously enjoying championship successes at senior level with the Lismore club.

Shanahan made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Waterford minor team. A two-time Munster runner-up in this grade, he later lined out with the under-21 team. Shanahan joined the senior team in 1995. He went on to play a key role for Waterford in attack during a hugely successful era, and won four Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

Shanahan represented the Munster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, winning one Railway Cup medal in 2007. At club level he won one championship medal with Lismore.

Throughout his career Shanahan made 52 championship appearances for Waterford. His tally of 21-58 marks him out as Waterford's fourth highest scorer of all time, while he is the all-time leading goal-scorer for Waterford. Shanahan announced his inter-county retirement on 18 August 2010.[2]

Shanahan is widely regarded as one of Waterford's greatest hurlers.[3] During his career he won three All-Star awards, while in 2007 he was named Texaco, All-Star and GPA Hurler of the Year.

His brother, Maurice, also played at senior level for Waterford, and his former teammate, Eoin Kelly, is his cousin.[4]

In retirement from inter-county hurling, Shanahan became involved in team management and coaching. In October 2013 he became part of Derek McGrath's management team to the Waterford senior hurlers.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Derek McGrath named new Waterford hurling boss". Irish Independent. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Shanahan calls time on Deise career". Breaking News website. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Dan Will Always Be "The Man"". World Sports Team website. 14 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  4. ^ Murphy, John (5 June 2010). "Shanahan brothers team up for Déise". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  5. ^ "McGrath Ratified as Waterford Hurling Manager". GAA website. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Dan Shanahan: 'I do have to control myself, I've been warned'". Irish Independent. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Dan Shanahan: 'We had six packs alright but they were in our gear-bags!'". Irish Examiner. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.