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{{short description|Irish hurler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2022}}
{{infobox Gaelic games player
|image           =
|name            = Shane Durkin
|irish           = Shane Mac Dhuarcáin
|nickname        =
|occupation      = Primary school teacher
|birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1987|7|1|df=yes}}
|birth_place     = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|height          = {{convert|1.8|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
|sport           = Hurling
|code            = Hurling
|county          = Dublin
|province        = Leinster
|club            = [[Ballyboden St Enda's GAA|Ballyboden St Enda's]]
|clyears         = 2005–present
|clapps(points)  =
|clcountyh       = 7
|clcountyf       = 2
|clprovinceh     = 0
|clprovincef     = 1
|clallirelandh   = 0
|clallirelandf   = 1
|counties        = [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|icyears         = 2009–2016; 2018
|icposition      = Right wing-back
|icapps(points)  = 29 (0-15)
|icprovince      = 1
|icallireland    = 0
|nhl             = 1
|allstars        = 0
|clupdate        =
|icupdate        = 18:34, 7 January 2019
}}
'''Shane Durkin''' (born 1 July 1987) is an Irish [[hurling|hurler]] who plays for [[Dublin Senior Hurling Championship|Dublin Senior Championship]] club [[Ballyboden St Enda's GAA|Ballyboden St Enda's]]. He usually plays as a wing-back, but can also be deployed at midfield. Durkin was a member of the [[Dublin senior hurling team]] that won the [[2011 National Hurling League|2011 National League]] and [[2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|2013 Leinster Championship]].

Durkin first came to prominence as a hurler and [[Gaelic football]]er at juvenile and underage levels with the Ballyboden St Enda's club. After losing back-to-back [[Dublin Minor Hurling Championship|Dublin Minor Championship]] finals, he later won back-to-back [[Dublin Under 21 Hurling Championship|Dublin Under-21 Championship]] titles in 2006 and 2007. As a member of the Ballyboden St Enda's senior teams as a [[dual player]], Durkin has won a combined total of nine Dublin Senior Championships, a [[Leinster Senior Club Football Championship|Leinster Club Football Championship]] and an [[All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship|All-Ireland Club Football Championship]] in [[2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship#All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship|2016]].

Durkin first played for Dublin as a member of the [[2005 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship#Leinster Minor Hurling Championship|2005 Leinster Minor Championship]]-winning team, before later winning a [[Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship|Leinster Under-21 Championship]] medal in [[2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship#Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship|2007]]. He made his first appearance with the Dublin senior team in [[2009 National Hurling League|2009]] and enjoyed his first success by winning a [[National Hurling League]] medal in 2011. Durkin later won a [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|Leinster Senior Championship]] medal in 2013, when Dublin claimed the title for the first time in 52 years. He ended the year by being nominated for an [[GAA GPA All Stars Awards|All Star]]. Durkin announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 7 January 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/gary-maguire-and-shane-durkin-call-time-on-their-careers-with-the-dublin-hurlers-37686821.html|title=Gary Maguire and Shane Durkin call time on their careers with the Dublin hurlers|date=7 January 2019|publisher=Irish Independent|access-date=7 January 2019|first=Conor|last=McKeon}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2019/0107/1020707-dublin-stalwarts-gary-maguire-shane-durkin-retire/|title=Dublin stalwarts Gary Maguire & Shane Durkin retire|date=7 January 2019|publisher=RTÉ Sport|access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref>

Durkin attended secondary school at [[Terenure College]], Dublin.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/terenure-star-keeps-rising/27896497.html |title=Terenure star keeps rising |date=23 December 2008 |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Year
!colspan="3"|[[National Hurling League|National League]]
!colspan="2"|[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|Leinster]]
!colspan="2"|[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland]]

!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Score!!Apps!!Score!!Apps!!Score!!Apps!!Score
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|2009
|rowspan="3"|[[National Hurling League|Division 1]]
|7||0-06||3||0-01||1||0-01||11||0-08
|-
|2010
|7||0-10||2||0-05||2||0-01||11||0-16
|-
|2011
|8||0-01||3||0-01||1||0-00||12||0-02
|-
|2012
|rowspan="1"|[[National Hurling League|Division 1A]]
|6||0-01||2||0-02||1||0-00||9||0-03
|-
|2013
|rowspan="1"|[[National Hurling League|Division 1B]]
|6||0-02||5||0-03||1||0-01||12||0-06
|-
|2014
|rowspan="4"|[[National Hurling League|Division 1A]]
|5||0-02||2||0-00||1||0-00||8||0-02
|-
|2015
|7||0-04||2||0-00||2||0-00||11||0-04
|-
|2016
|0||0-00||0||0-00||0||0-00||0||0-00
|-
|2017
|colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—
|-
|2018
|rowspan="1"|[[National Hurling League|Division 1B]]
|0||0-00||1||0-00||colspan=2|—||1||0-00
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
|'''46'''||'''0-26'''||'''20'''||'''0-12'''||'''9'''||'''0-03'''||'''75'''||'''0-41'''
|}

==Honours==

;Ballyboden St Enda's
*[[All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship]] (1): [[2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship#All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship|2016]]
*[[Leinster Senior Club Football Championship]] (1): [[2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship#Leinster Senior Club Football Championship|2015]]
*[[Dublin Senior Hurling Championship]] (7): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018
*[[Dublin Senior Football Championship]] (2): 2009, 2015
*[[Dublin Under 21 Hurling Championship|Dublin Under-21 Hurling Championship]] (2): 2006, 2007

;Dublin
*[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]] (1): [[2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|2013]]
*[[National Hurling League|National Hurling League Division 1]] (1): [[2011 National Hurling League|2011]]
*[[National Hurling League|National Hurling League Division 1B]] (1): [[2013 National Hurling League|2013]]
*[[Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship]] (1): [[2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship#Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship|2007]]
*[[Leinster Minor Hurling Championship]] (1): [[2005 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship#Leinster Minor Hurling Championship|2005]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.dublingaa.ie/teams/players/shane-durkin Shane Durkin profile] at the Dublin GAA website

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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ballyboden St Enda's hurlers]]
[[Category:Ballyboden St Enda's Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Dual players]]
[[Category:Dublin inter-county hurlers]]
[[Category:Hurling backs]]
[[Category:Irish schoolteachers]]
[[Category:People educated at Terenure College]]
[[Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen]]


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