David Burke has retired from inter-county hurling at the age of 35.<\/p>\n
The pinnacle of his 16 years with Galway came when captaining the Tribesmen to their 2017 All-Ireland triumph, thus ending a 29-year wait for Liam MacCarthy.<\/p>\n
Injuries have interrupted the later years of the midfielder’s career, but he was central to his club St Thomas’ six Galway SHC titles in a row, as well as a pair of All-Ireland club titles.<\/p>\n
Having enjoyed success at underage and college level, his appearance on the senior inter-county scene coincided with a period of success for Galway.<\/p>\n
He scored 1-02 as Galway claimed their first Leinster title in 2012 and captained the team to further provincial glory in 2017 and ’18.<\/p>\n
It was Burke who climbed the steps of the Hogan Stand in September 2017, having put in a man-of-the-match display in the win over Waterford.<\/p>\n
That memorable year for Micheal Donoghue’s team also delivered the last of Burke’s four All-Stars.<\/p>\n
Burke singled out Donoghue, once more the Galway manager, for praise in a statement.<\/p>\n
“I have shared a dressing room with great friends, team-mates, managers, coaches and backroom personnel, in particular Micheal Donoghue for having faith in me to help lead the county to All-Ireland success in 2017.”<\/p>\n
Burke also paid tribute to his wife, Laura, his children, parents John and Paula, as well as clubmates and supporters at club and county level. <\/p>\n
“There were incredible heights and excruciating lows, but the privilege was never lost on me or taken for granted. Gaillimh Ab\u00fa!”<\/p>\n
Donoghue was understandably glowing in his praise of a player who was for so long his leader on the field.<\/p>\n
“His career sets the standard for what it truly means to wear the county jersey \u2013 defined by elite performance, unwavering commitment, selfless leadership and genuine humility.<\/p>\n
“His influence will endure not only among the players he has shared the field with, but throughout the wider GAA community.<\/p>\n
“An exceptional captain, David possessed a rare ability to inspire belief and trust in his team-mates when it mattered most.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Burke has retired from inter-county hurling at the age of 35. The pinnacle of his 16 years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-200179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}