Shane Dalton
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 Dalton playing for Dublin in 1985 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Football Position: | Forward, midfield | ||
| Hurling Position: | Forward, midfield | ||
| Born | Dublin | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St Vincents | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Dublin titles | 1 | 1 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1980s–1990s | Dublin | ||
Shane Dalton is a former Dublin hurler and Gaelic footballer who played with St Vincents GAA club and the Dublin senior hurling team. As of 2014, he was a selector for the Dublin senior camogie team.[1]
Club
A member of St Vincents GAA club, Dalton played with the St Vincents minor hurling team that won the Dublin minor championship in 1982.[2] A dual player, he won senior titles in hurling and football with the club.[2]
Inter-county
Dalton played minor, under-21 and senior hurling and Gaelic football for Dublin. He was mainly a forward but also played in midfield.
Dalton was a member of the Dublin Minor All-Ireland hurling team in 1983.[3] This team, which included Niall Quinn, won the 1983 Leinster Minor Hurling Championship.[4][5]
He had his debut with the Dublin Senior hurlers, playing against Tipperary in October 1983.[citation needed] Dalton played for Dublin in the National Hurling League in the late 1980s,[6] and he won Division 2 National League hurling medals with Dublin in 1989 and 1997.[citation needed] He was a member of the Dublin hurling squad during the 1997 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship[4] and 1998 National Hurling League.[7] His last senior game was against Westmeath in 1999.[citation needed]
Dalton also played with the Dublin Senior footballers.[8] In 1991, he was a sub for Dublin in a series of replayed games against Meath in the 1991 Leinster Senior Football Championship.[citation needed]
He was selected to represent Leinster and was on the Leinster team that won the 1988 Railway Cup Hurling Championship.[9]
Management
Dalton was the manager of the St Vincents hurling team that won the Dublin Minor Hurling Championship in 2002.[4] In 2011 he managed the senior camogie team in St Vincents.[10] This team went on to win the Division 1 league three times,[11] and were runners up in three championship finals.[12] As of 2014, Dalton was a selector for the Senior Dublin camogie team.[13][14]
Honours
Club (St Vincents)
- Dublin Senior Football Championship (1984)[2]
- Leinster Senior Club Football Championship (1984)[15][failed verification]
- Dublin Senior Hurling Championship (1988)[2][16]
Inter-county (Dublin)
- National Hurling League Division 2 (1989, 1997)[citation needed]
- Leinster Under-21 Football Championship (1984)[2]
- Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (1983)[4][5]
Inter-provincial (Leinster)
- Railway Cup hurling medal (1988)[9]
References
- ↑ "Dublin camogie strengthen backroom team". rte.ie. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
Former Dublin hurlers John Treacy and Shane Dalton have come on board as selectors
- 1 2 3 4 5 Walsh, David (2 July 2017). "Shane Dalton: 'I don't understand where the hostility came from. All I wanted was to know why'". The Times. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
[Heery and Dalton played] Together on the St Vincents minor hurling team that won the Dublin championship in 1982. More championships would follow. Under-21 hurling and football, senior football in 1984 and 1985, senior hurling in 1988. They both made the Dublin Under-21s in 1984, picking up a Leinster championship
- ↑ Millennium Games - Programme - May 1988 (PDF), p. 22,
Shane Dalton (St Vincent's) A member of the Dublin Minor All Ireland Hurling team of 1983
- 1 2 3 4 "Spirit of Christy Sweets lives on as Shane Dalton recalls glory days with Dublin minor hurlers". The Herald. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
[Dalton] was involved with Vincent's when they last won the Dublin Minor Hurling Championship in 2002. Shane [Dalton] managed the side with Frankie Devlin, Stephen Clancy and Christy [Sweets] [..] Dalton in action for Dublin during the 1997 Leinster SHC quarter-final against Westmeath
- 1 2 "GAA: Quinn with a shout..." belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 24 July 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "Flashback: Dublin v Galway 1989/1990 National Hurling League". dublingaa.ie. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "Resurgent Dublin too much for Galway". Irish Independent. 9 March 1998. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "It's football says Dalton". Evening Herald. 22 May 1991. p. 53 – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
Dual star Shane Dalton has opted to stake his claim for a place on the Dublin county football panel instead of the hurlers
- 1 2 "Leinster Railway Cup Winning Teams" (PDF), leinstergaa.ie, p. 75, archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2015
- ↑ "Former Dub hurler to manage Vincents". dublincamogie.ie. 26 June 2011.
- ↑ "Dalton Delights on the Blues Bus". The Herald. 27 January 2015.
- ↑ "Dublin selectors seek best talent". The Herald. 25 November 2014.
Shane Dalton was a forward [..] He's been managing the St Vincent's camogie side [..] He guided them to the last three county finals. They lost to Ballyboden in all three
- ↑ "Dalton eyes Vin-dication". Evening Herald. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "Dublin Senior Management team up and running". dublincamogie.ie. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "St Vincents GAA - About Us". Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "1988 Dublin Senior Hurling Final". April 2015 – via YouTube.[time needed]