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Conor Parke

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Conor Parke
Personal information
Sport Dual player
Position Corner back
Born 1993 or 1994 (age 30–31)[1]
Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nickname Parky[2]
Club(s)
Years Club
2011–
St Eunan's
Club titles
Donegal titles 2
Colleges(s)
Years College
?
2011–2015
St Eunan's College
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2015
2019–present
Donegal (F)
Donegal (H)
1 (0–00)
8 (0–00)

Conor Parke (born around 1994) is a dual player.[1] He plays Gaelic football and hurling[3] for St Eunan's, as well as hurling for the Donegal county team.

Parke has two Donegal Senior Football Championships with his club, won in 2012 and 2014. He scored a point in the 2014 final.[4][5][6][7]

Under the management of Rory Gallagher, Parke received a call-up to the Donegal senior football panel in late 2014.[8] He started Gallagher's first match in charge, a 2015 Dr McKenna Cup away defeat to Derry.[9] He is a former under-21 player for the county football team.[10][11]

Parke played hurling for Donegal in the 2019 Christy Ring Cup.[2][12]

Honours

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County

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Club

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Football
Hurling

References

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  1. ^ a b Craig, Frank (1 October 2020). "St Eunan's finally looking to 'Parke' 48 years of hurt". Donegal News. p. 58. The 26-year-old already has two SFC medals for the Black and Amber at home and he's picked up a string of titles hurling for his county at various grades… Parke says St Eunan's now see themselves very much as a dual club.
  2. ^ a b Ferry, Ryan (17 May 2019). "Hurlers rise to Christy Ring challenge". Donegal News.
  3. ^ McNulty, Chris (1 September 2017). "Super St Eunan's hurlers dump out champions to reach first final since '02". Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. ^ Keys, Colm (5 November 2012). "Eunan's survive storm". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012.
  5. ^ a b Keys, Colm (5 November 2012). "Eunan's accept Glenties gift in freak finish to Donegal final". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Donegal SFC final: Glenswilly are Dunne and dusted". Hogan Stand. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
  7. ^ "St Eunan's champions again in Donegal". RTÉ Sport. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
  8. ^ Walsh, Harry (21 December 2014). "Thirteen new faces on Gallagher's first Donegal panel". Donegal News. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. ^ McNulty, Chris (4 January 2015). "Report: Rory Gallagher's experimental Donegal well beaten by Derry". Donegal News. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015.
  10. ^ McNulty, Chris (11 April 2014). "Maxi Curran left 'heartbroken but proud' after Under-21 final defeat". Donegal News. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  11. ^ McNulty, Chris (8 April 2015). "Report: Late heartache again for Donegal Under-21s in Ulster final". Donegal News. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Christy Ring cup round up". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019. Gary Hughes netted a hat-trick as Wicklow defeated Christy Ring debutants Donegal in Letterkenny… Donegal – P Burns; Conor Parke, C McDermott, M Callaghan; J O'Loughlin, S McVeigh, S Gillespie; J Boyle, D Cullen; R McDermott, C Matthewson, C Finn; G Browne, L Henderson, D Duffy. Subs: C Flood for Finn (42), R Hilferty for Henderson (46).