{{Short description|Irish hurler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Use Irish English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox GAA player | code= Hurling | sport = Hurling | image = | name = Shane Boland | irish = Seán Ó Beolláin | feet = | inches = | occupation = | nickname = | county = Mayo | province = Connacht | club = | clposition = | clubs = [[Tooreen GAA|Tooreen]] | clyears = | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 8 | clprovince= | clallireland = | colleges = | fitz = | counties = [[Mayo GAA|Mayo]] | icposition = Left corner-forward | icyears = 2014–present | icapps(points) = | icprovince = | icallireland = | nhl = 2 | allstars = | clupdate = | icupdate = | birth_date=1994 | birth_place=Tooreen, [[County Mayo]], Ireland | death_date= | death_place= }} '''Shane Boland''' (born 1994) is an Irish [[Hurling|hurler]]. At club level, he plays with [[Tooreen GAA|Tooreen]] while at inter-county level he lines out with the [[Mayo senior hurling team]].
==Career==
Boland plays his club hurling with the [[Tooreen GAA|Tooreen]] club. After winning a Mayo JHC title with the club in 2013, he went on to win eight [[Mayo Senior Hurling Championship|Mayo SHC]] medals between 2013 and 2024. Boland also won five [[Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship|Connacht Club IHC]] medals during this period, while he was also part of the Tooreen team beaten by [[Monaleen GAA|Monaleen]] in the [[2022–23 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship#All-Ireland final|2023 All-Ireland IHC club final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.midwestradio.ie/index.php/sport/72168-tooreen-are-four-in-a-row-connacht-intermediate-hurling-champions|title=Tooreen are four in a row Connacht intermediate hurling champions|date=28 November 2023|publisher=Midwest Radio|accessdate=14 January 2024|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41048558.html|title=Limerick's Monaleen secure All-Ireland intermediate hurling crown|date=14 January 2023|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=14 January 2023|first=|last=}}</ref>
Boland made his [[Mayo senior hurling team]] debut in 2014. He had his first success two years later when Mayo won the [[Nicky Rackard Cup]] club after a 2-16 to 1-15 defeat of [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] in the [[2016 Nicky Rackard Cup#Final|final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0604/793357-kenny-feeney-stars-as-mayo-claim-nicky-rackard-cup/|title=Kenny Feeney stars as Mayo claim Nicky Rackard Cup|publisher=RTÉ Sport|date=4 June 2016|access-date=12 November 2024|first=|last=}}</ref> Boland claimed a [[National Hurling League#Division 2B|National League Division 2B]] title two years later before adding a second Rackard Cup medal to his collection in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30833140.html|title=Mayo claim first Division 2B Hurling title|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=18 March 2018|access-date=12 November 2024|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40349999.html|title=Keith Higgins sets aside All-Ireland agony to captain Mayo hurlers to Nicky Rackard Cup|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=31 July 2021|access-date=31 July 2021|first=Paul|last=Keane}}</ref> After moving up a grade, he [[Captain (Gaelic games)|captain]]ed the team when they were beaten by [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]] in the [[2022 Christy Ring Cup#Final|2022 Christy Ring Cup final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/kildare-mayo-christy-ring-cup-report-5770325-May2022/|title=Kildare power past Mayo to be crowned Christy Ring Cup champions|publisher=The 42|date=21 May 2022|access-date=12 November 2024|first=|last=}}</ref> Boland won a [[National Hurling League#Division 3|National League Division 3A]] medal in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/mayo-see-off-challenge-of-sligo-to-clinch-crown/a1792035188.html|title=Mayo see off challenge of Sligo to clinch crown|publisher=Irish Independent|date=31 March 2024|access-date=12 November 2024|first=|last=}}</ref>
==Personal life==
His brother, Fergal Boland, has also played for Mayo as a [[dual player]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41045348.html|title=Fergal Boland open to hurling call after surprise Mayo football exit |date=11 January 2023|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=14 January 2023|first=|last=}}</ref>
==Honours==
;Tooreen *[[Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship]]: [[2017–18 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship#Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship|2017]], [[2019–20 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship#Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship|2019]], [[2021–22 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship#Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship|2021]], [[2022–23 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship#Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship|2022]], [[2023–24 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship#Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship|2023]] *[[Mayo Senior Hurling Championship]]: 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 *Mayo Junior Hurling Championship: 2013
;Mayo *[[Nicky Rackard Cup]]: [[2016 Nicky Rackard Cup|2016]], [[2021 Nicky Rackard Cup|2021]] *[[National Hurling League#Division 2B|National Hurling League Division 2B]]: [[2018 National Hurling League#Division 2B|2018]] *[[National Hurling League#Division 3|National Hurling League Division 3A]]: [[2024 National Hurling League#Division 3A|2024]]
==References== {{reflist}}
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