Cyril Donnellan (born 29 October 1985) is an Irish hurler and teacher. His

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and

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career at senior level with the Galway county team lasted ten seasons from 2008 until 2017. Donnellan made his first appearance for the team during the 2008 championship and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen. Since then he has won one

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medal and one

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medal. On 3 September 2017, Donnellan was a substitute for Galway as they won their first

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in 29 years against

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. In November 2017, Donnellan announced his retirement from inter-county hurling. Donnellan was appointed deputy principal of

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in January 2022.

Honours

;Galway *

(1):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

* National Hurling League Division 1 (2):

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hur ...

(2):

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Donnellan, Cyril 1985 births Living people Connacht inter-provincial hurlers Galway inter-county hurlers Irish schoolteachers Pádraig Pearse's hurlers Sportspeople from Ballinasloe 21st-century Irish sportsmen