Declan Fanning, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
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Place of Birth: Killenaule, Munster, Ireland
About Declan Fanning
- Declan Fanning (born 24 June 1979) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played as right wing-back for the Tipperary senior team. Born in Killenaule, County Tipperary, Fanning first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21 sides.
- He made his senior football debut during the 2003 championship before making his hurling debut during the 2004 championship.
- Fanning went on to play a key part for Tipperary, and won one All-Ireland medal, two Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal.
- He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Fanning won one Railway Cup medal.
- At club level he has won several divisional championship medals with Killenaule. Throughout his career Fanning made a combined total of 34 championship appearances for Tipperary.
- He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 1 November 2010.In retirement from playing Fanning became involved in team management and coaching.
- In October 2014 he joined the Tipperary senior management team as a selector.
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