| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Declan Ruth | |
| Irish: | Déaglán Rút |
| Fullname: | Declan Ruth |
| Occupation: | Account manager |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 2 |
| Nickname: | Skippy |
| County: | Wexford |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | Rapparees Starlights |
| Clposition: | Centre-back |
| Clcountyh: | 0 |
| Clcountyf: | 2 |
| Colleges: | Waterford Institute of Technology |
| Colyears: | 1994-1998 |
| Fitz: | 0 |
| Counties: | Wexford |
| Icposition: | Centre-back |
| Icyears: | 1995-2007 |
| Icprovince: | 2 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland |
Declan Ruth (born 30 April 1976) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He is the current manager of his hometown club Rapparees, having enjoyed a lengthy career with them as a player, while he also lined out with the Wexford senior hurling team. Ruth usually lined out as a defender.[1]
Ruth first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels as a dual player with the Shamrocks GAA club, before transferring to the Rapparees GAA club. He eventually progressed onto the club's top adult teams and won two County Championship titles as a Gaelic footballer. Ruth first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Wexford minor team before later winning consecutive Leinster Under-21 Championship titles.[2] He made his first appearance for the Wexford senior hurling team in an Oireachtas Cup game against Clare in November 1995. Ruth was a non-playing substitute on the Wexford team that beat Limerick in the 1996 All-Ireland final.[3] He had earlier won a Leinster Championship medal as a non-playing substitute and, after being dropped from the team for a period, returned to win a second provincial title in 2004.[4]
Ruth has been involved in coaching and team management at all levels with the Rapparees club. In 2021 he managed the club's senior team to a first County Championship title in 43 years.[5]
Ruth was educated at Enniscorthy CBS before later completing a Bachelor's degree in Business Studies and Accountancy at the Waterford Institute of Technology. He later worked as a sales rep for a number of medical companies and also spent some time as an analyst on RTÉ's the Sunday Game. In 2009, Ruth married Wexford camogie player Aoife O'Connor.[6]
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