Shane Morgan
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| Born | 2003 (age 22–23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]- St Raphael's College
- Connacht PPS Senior Hurling Championship: 2020
- All-Ireland PPS Senior B Hurling Championship: 2019
- Connacht PPS Senior B Hurling Championship: 2019
- Loughrea
- Galway
References
[edit]- ↑ "St Raphael's claim All Ireland B glory". GAA website. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "Connacht Final 2020". St Raphael's GAA website. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Loughrea finally scratch the itch with victory over Cappataggle in Galway final". Irish Examiner. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ "Electric Ireland MHC Final: Impressive Galway triumph". GAA website. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ↑ "All Ireland MHC Final: Galway retain title". GAA website. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ↑ "Billy Drennan fires Kilkenny to final meeting with Wexford". RTÉ Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ↑ "Galway Senior Hurling team named for Walsh Cup opener against Offaly". Galway Bay FM. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2025.