Conor Parke

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.

Conor Parke
Personal information
Sport Dual player
Position Corner back
Born 1993/1994 (age 28–29)[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)

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

County

Club
Football
Hurling

References
  1. 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. 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. 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. "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. Retrieved 4 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).
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