Declan Fanning

Declan Fanning, born in Killenaule, County Tipperary, on 24 June 1979, is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played as right wing-back for the Tipperary senior team. He arrived on the inter-county scene at seventeen with the Tipperary minor teams as a dual player, before joining the under-21 sides. He made his senior football debut during the 2003 championship and his hurling debut during the 2004 championship, went on to play a key part for Tipperary and won one All-Ireland medal, two Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal, and was an All-Ireland runner-up once. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions he won one Railway Cup medal.