Dan Shanahan

Shanahan’s side later faced Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final in what would be the county's first appearance in Croke Park since 1963.

Kilkenny won by a single point.

Daniel Shanahan (born 4 January 1977) is an Irish former hurler.

Shanahan was only sixteen years-old when he won a senior county club championship in 1993 following a one-point defeat of Passage.

The following years proved to be somewhat frustrating for Shanahan and Lismore.

Ballygunner and Mount Sion both had very strong teams and dominated the county scene for a number of years.

He was a member of the Waterford team that reached the Munster minor final in 1994.

However, Cork ran out comfortable winners.

The following year Shanahan and Waterford were back in the Munster final against the same opposition, and once again it was the Cork men who emerged victorious.

He was also a member of the Lismore CBS side that reached the Harty cup final the same year.

A star studded Midleton CBS outfit were the opposition, and despite Shanahan being amongst the goals, it was the east Cork school who took home the cup.

Shanahan joined the senior team in 1995.

He went on to play a key role for Waterford in attack during a hugely successful era, and won four Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal.

He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

He joined the Waterford senior team in 1995, however, he did not make his senior championship debut until 1998.

That year Waterford held All-Ireland champions Clare to a draw in the Munster final, however, the Decies lost the replay.

Despite having a depth of talent within their ranks, Lismore were unable to win another county title in this period, going very close on a number of occasions most notably in the 1996, 2001 and 2009 county finals.

In 2002 Waterford emerged from the doldrums by reaching the Munster final once again, however, Shanahan could not command a definite place on the starting fifteen.

Shanahan represented the Munster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, winning one Railway Cup medal in 2007.

At club level he won one championship medal with Lismore.

Throughout his career Shanahan made 52 championship appearances for Waterford.

His tally of 21-58 marks him out as Waterford's fourth highest scorer of all-time, while he is the all-time leading goal-scorer for Waterford.

During his career he won three All-Star awards, while in 2007 he was named Texaco, All-Star and GPA Hurler of the Year.

His brother, Maurice, also played at senior level for Waterford, and his former teammate, Eoin Kelly, is his cousin.

In retirement from inter-county hurling, Shanahan became involved in team management and coaching.

Shanahan announced his inter-county retirement on 18 August 2010.

Shanahan is widely regarded as one of Waterford's greatest hurlers.

He has been a selector with the Waterford county team since 2013.

Born in Lismore, County Waterford, Shanahan was introduced to hurling by his father, a former hurler with Waterford.

He was a Harty Cup runner-up with Lismore CBS while simultaneously enjoying championship successes at senior level with the Lismore club.

Shanahan made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Waterford minor team.

A two-time Munster runner-up in this grade, he later lined out with the under-21 team.

In October 2013 he became part of Derek McGrath's management team to the Waterford senior hurlers.

Shanahan played his club hurling with the Lismore club in Waterford.

He had several successes at underage levels winning county medals in hurling at under-14, under-16, minor and under-21 levels.

In 2016 and at 39 years old, Shanahan finally captured another county medal, this time in the intermediate grade.

This win was followed by Lismore winning the Munster Intermediate championship with a victory over Kerry side Kilmoyley.

He was still playing for Lismore at the age of 45 in the 2022 championship.

He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the season, playing his last game for Lismore against Mount Sion in the Waterford SHC quarter-final.

Shanahan's inter-county career began with the Waterford minor and under-21 teams.