Kevin Campbell is a hurler. He plays for Setanta and the Donegal county team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
200?– | Setanta | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
200?– | Donegal | ||
Campbell won a Donegal Senior Hurling Championship with Setanta in 2017.[citation needed] Setanta followed this up with an Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship , also in 2017, with Campbell scoring 0–11 (all frees) in the final against Na Magha.[1][2] He won another Donegal SHC in 2019, scoring 0–5 (all frees) in the final.[3]
As team captain, Campbell was part of a delegation to Croke Park who staged a sit-in as part of their effort to free manager Eamonn Campbell from suspension for the 2009 Lory Meagher Cup final against Tyrone.[4]
Campbell won the 2013 Nicky Rackard Cup with Donegal, appearing as a late substitute in the final against Roscommon.[5]
He played for Donegal during the 2018 National Hurling League, when the county recorded their first competitive victories over Derry and Down (though he did not feature in the Down game).[1][6][7] Donegal also defeated Armagh in the closing game of that league campaign, with Campbell appearing as a late substitute.[8] They went on to win the 2018 Nicky Rackard Cup, with Campbell again appearing as late substitute in the final.[9]
Honours
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edit- ^ a b Devlin, Michael (20 June 2018). "The Cullen family continues to deliver for Donegal hurling". Retrieved 20 June 2018.
We beat Derry, Armagh and Down. Down was one of the big games, we've never beat them before.
- ^ a b "Coulter's strike drives Setanta to glory". Irish Independent. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Donegal SHC final: Setanta goals sink St Eunan's". Hogan Stand. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Foley, Cliona (10 July 2009). "Donegal 'sit-in' protest over Campbell ban falls on deaf ears at Croker". Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Donegal win Nicky Rackard Cup". Irish Examiner. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ "Donegal make their own history: Donegal 4–17 Derry 2–9". Irish Independent. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ Comack, Tom (25 February 2018). "Donegal hurlers pull off an historic first win over Down in Letterkenny". Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Fired-up Coulter burns Orchard: Donegal 2–17 Armagh 1–17". Irish Independent. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Donegal win the Nicky Rackard Cup for the first time since 2013". Irish Independent. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.