Adare’s Declan Hannon is Captain of the Limerick Senior Hurling team and has the distinction of captaining Limerick to win the All-Ireland hurling titles in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, becoming the first Limerick captain since Mick Mackey to captain Limerick to victory twice, and the first hurling captain to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup a record five times.
This year he will captain the team as they strive to make it 5 All Ireland’s in a row.
Declan, born in Adare, attended Scoil Naomh Iosaf, situated in the village of Adare, where hurling was a pillar of the education system in the school. His granduncle, Pat Stakelum, captained Tipperary to the All-Ireland title in 1949.

Declan joined Adare GAA club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. He enjoyed championship success in the under-14 and under-16 grades before making his championship debut with the club’s senior team as a sixteen-year-old.
Declan first played for Limerick at minor level and subsequently joined the Limerick under-21 hurling team. In 2010, he made his senior debut at right wing-forward for Limerick in a National League defeat of Antrim and he later won a National League Division 2 medal after a 4-12 to 2-13 defeat of Clare in the final. Declan was at full-forward in Limerick’s 0-24 to 0-15 defeat of Cork in the Munster Final and his performances during the 2011 and 2014 seasons earned him All- Star nominations.

He was appointed captain of the Limerick senior hurling team for the 2018 season. On 19 August 2018, he scored two points from play and captained Limerick to their first All-Ireland title in 45 years after a 3-16 to 2-18 defeat of Galway in the final. He ended the season by winning an All-Star Award.

On 30 June 2019 Declan won his first Munster Championship medal in six years after captaining Limerick to a 2-26 to 2-14 defeat of Tipperary in the final.
Declan entered the history books in 2022 when he became the first hurling captain to lift the Liam McCarthy Cup on four occasions and he won a fifth All-Ireland medal in 2023.