Setanta College
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| established = 1999
| type = Private
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| chancellor = Prof Liam Hennessy (coach) PhD{{Cite web|url=https://www.setantacollege.com/about/our-people/|title = Sports College Ireland | Online Sports College – Setanta College Ireland}}
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| head = Seán Hogan
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| country = Ireland, United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa, United States of America, India
| campus = Distance learning
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| affiliations = Higher Education and Training Awards Council, Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)}}
Setanta College is a distance learning college, with a focus on programmes in the broad area of human development and performance. It offers internationally accredited qualifications, ranging from Higher Certificate to Master's degree level.
The college is primarily web-based but has also offered campus-based programmes through its institutional partnerships. Other teaching locations include London, UK,{{Cite web|url=https://www.setantacollege.com/sc-undergrad-uk/|title = Strength & Conditioning Qualifications | S&C Courses}} Karnataka, India,{{Cite web|url=https://indiaeducationdiary.in/setanta-college-and-inspire-institute-of-sport-announce-partnership-to-deliver-msc-in-performance-coaching-programme-in-india/|title=Setanta College and Inspire Institute of Sport announce partnership to deliver MSC in Performance coaching programme in India|date=20 April 2021}} and Pennsylvania and Florida in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://florida.setantacollege.com/|title= Welcome to Setanta College}}
History
Setanta College was founded by Liam Hennessy BA, MSc, PhD, FRAMI,{{cite web|url=http://www.setantacollege.com/staff/ |title=Staff | Setanta College |access-date=2012-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215104539/http://www.setantacollege.com/staff/ |archive-date=15 February 2012 }} a former international pole vault competitor and record holder.{{cite web |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2000/01/20/current/spage_7.htm |title=The Examiner - Sport from Ireland - 20, January, 2000 |website=archives.tcm.ie |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715093216/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2000/01/20/current/spage_7.htm |archive-date=15 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} Hennessy is an exercise physiologist and strength and conditioning coach whose work has been published in scientific journals{{cite journal |doi=10.1136/bjsm.27.4.243 |pmid=8130961 |pmc=1332012 |title=Flexibility and posture assessment in relation to hamstring injury |journal=British Journal of Sports Medicine |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=243–6 |year=1993 |last1=Hennessey |first1=L. |last2=Watson |first2=A. W. }}{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/14763140601058540 |pmid=17542178 |title=Identifying the optimal resistive load for complex training in male rugby players |journal=Sports Biomechanics |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=59–70 |year=2007 |last1=Comyns |first1=Thomas M. |last2=Harrison |first2=Andrew J. |last3=Hennessy |first3=Liam |last4=Jensen |first4=Randall L. |hdl=10344/5639 |s2cid=3206505 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/19821631 |hdl-access=free }} and has worked with European soccer club teams in Italy,{{cite web|url=http://tribune.maithu.com/archive/article/2000/sep/17/doctors-orders-less-work-more-rest/|title=Sign in|website=GitLab}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and Germany,{{cite web|url=http://www.sixmilebridgegaa.com/news/showfullnewsstory.asp?id%3D312%26category%3Dlatestnews |title=Coaching and Development Committee's Seminar |access-date=2012-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112102325/http://www.sixmilebridgegaa.com/news/showfullnewsstory.asp?id=312&category=latestnews |archive-date=12 November 2013 }}http://m.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2000/0119/rugby3.html{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), the Irish Olympic Team,{{cite web|url=http://www.speedflexer.ie/about_us.html |title=SpeedFlexer.ie | About Us |access-date=2012-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012060230/http://www.speedflexer.ie/about_us.html |archive-date=12 October 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.coachingireland.com/node/201#liam |title= Presentor's Profiles | Coaching Ireland|website=coachingireland.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110074800/http://www.coachingireland.com/node/201 |archive-date=10 January 2011}} Tipperary GAA, and as Fitness coach to three time Major winning golfer Pádraig Harrington.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/new-adventure-begins-for-kelly-1899808.html|title=New adventure begins for Kelly – Independent.ie}} Through his own work, Hennessy believed there was a need for better qualified experts in the area of strength and conditioning, and so designed a course that would concentrate on this area of expertise.
In 2019 Setanta College entered a partnership with Irish American University (IAU) that saw the graduate programmes accredited regionally by IAU.[https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/home/419312/tipperarys-setanta-college-forms-new-partnership.html Tipperary’s Setanta College forms new partnership] by Anne O'Grady, Tipperary Live, 24 May 2019.
Other courses
Setanta College has designed and operates or facilitates courses for the Irish National Teachers' Organisation and World Rugby.{{Cite web|url=https://passport.world.rugby/conditioning-for-rugby/|title=World Rugby Passport – Conditioning for Rugby|website=passport.world.rugby}} In addition to these courses, Setanta College has delivered education programmes to coaches at the National Cricket Academy of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI){{Cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2020/news/146985/nca-conducts-evaluation-and-development-workshop|title=NCA conducts Evaluation and Development Workshop|website=bcci.tv}} and to other sporting organisations such as Saracens Rugby and Arsenal F.C.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Education partners
- Gaelic Players Association (GPA){{cite web|url=http://gaelicplayers.com/home/377-gpa--energise-sport-announce-fitness-a-conditioning-workshops- |title=GPA / Energise Sport Announce Fitness & Conditioning Workshops |access-date=2012-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103234739/http://gaelicplayers.com/home/377-gpa--energise-sport-announce-fitness-a-conditioning-workshops- |archive-date= 3 January 2012 }}
- Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO)http://www.intolearning.ie/course/info.php?id=42{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- World Rugby
- Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU){{Cite web |url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/downloads/Fitness_Guidelines_for_the_Off-Season_and_Pre-Season.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 February 2012 |archive-date=14 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014144447/http://www.irishrugby.ie/downloads/Fitness_Guidelines_for_the_Off-Season_and_Pre-Season.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- Rugby Players Ireland{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyplayersireland.ie/setanta-college-interview-liam-looney/|title=A Chat with Liam Looney of Setanta College|date=7 January 2017}}
- Irish Amateur Weightlifting Association (IAWLA){{cite web|url=http://www.weightliftingireland.com/links/ |title=[links] IAWLA – the Home of Irish Weightlifting |access-date=2012-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202111437/http://www.weightliftingireland.com/links/ |archive-date= 2 February 2012 }}
- Titleist Performance Institute (TPI){{cite web|url=http://www.setantacollege.com/information/education-partners/ |title=Education Partners | Setanta College |access-date=2012-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202012916/http://www.setantacollege.com/information/education-partners/ |archive-date= 2 February 2012 }}
- The Irish Institute of Sport, a subsidiary of the Irish Sports Council, the state agency for sports development.
- Saracens F.C.
- Pádraig Harrington – Ambassador of the college
- Football Association of Ireland{{cite web|url=http://www.setantacollege.com/new-link-with-fai/ |title=FAI link for setanta college | Setanta College |access-date=2013-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224210/http://www.setantacollege.com/new-link-with-fai/ |archive-date=17 December 2013 }}
- Irish Wheelchair Association-Sport
- Inspire Institute of Sport, an elite training facility in India
- Houston Astros
- Washington Nationals
- Philadelphia Phillies
- World Academy of Sport (WAoS) with World Olympians Association{{cite web |title=New AFEC School Announcement – Setanta {{!}} WAoS Education Pathway |url=https://istudy.sport/new-afec-setanta |website=istudy.sport}}
Alumni
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- Tommy Dunne – former Tipperary GAA hurling player and captain, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner 2001.
- Tommy Carr – former Dublin GAA Gaelic Football player and manager, also former football manager of Roscommon GAA and Cavan GAA.
- Mick Dempsey – former Laois GAA footballer and current member of management team for the all-conquering Kilkenny GAA hurling team.
- Declan Meehan – Former Galway GAA Gaelic Footballer, winner of 2 All-Ireland Senior Football Championships and 2 GAA GPA All Stars Awards.
- Johnny O'Connor – Irish International and Connacht Rugby player. Also previously played with London Wasps
- Nicholas Walsh – Former Cavan GAA Gaelic Footballer and Melbourne Football Club Australian rules football player. Current coach of Greater Western Sydney Giants AFL team{{cite web|url=http://www.setantacollege.com/testimonials/nicholas-walsh-setanta-college-graduate-november-2011/ |title=Nicholas Walsh Setanta College Graduate November 2011 | Setanta College |access-date=2012-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112102132/http://www.setantacollege.com/testimonials/nicholas-walsh-setanta-college-graduate-november-2011/ |archive-date=12 November 2013 }}
- Gavin Duffy – Irish International and Connacht Rugby Rugby Union player. Also previously played with Harlequins.http://archive.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25566&Itemid=90 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p%3D10399 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314154210/http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=10399 |archive-date=14 March 2012 }}
- Joe Gamble – Former Reading F.C. and Republic of Ireland international Soccer player.
- Liam Kearns – Former Limerick GAA and Laois GAA Gaelic Football manager
- Gavin O'Mahony – Limerick GAA Hurler.
- Derek Lyng – Kilkenny GAA Hurler and winner of 6 All-Irelands and 2 All-star award, current member of management team for Kilkenny GAA hurling team.
- BJ Botha – Munster Rugby and South Africa rugby player. Previously Ulster Rugby and Sharks. 2007 Rugby World Cup winner
- Aaron Dundon – Leinster Rugby player
- Marcus Horan – Former Munster Rugby and Irish International rugby union player.
- Charlie Hodgson – Saracens F.C., England and British and Irish Lions rugby player. Previously Sale Sharks
- Michael Clegg – Former Manchester United F.C. player and current Manchester United F.C. coach
- Louis Ludik – Ulster Rugby player. Previously Agen, Lions and Sharks
- Brian Doherty – Irish international and Royal Beerschot (Belgium) professional Field hockey player.
- Max Sorensen – Irish international and The Hills C.C. cricket player.
- Chris Baker (high jumper) – International athlete who represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.setantacollege.com/}}
- [http://www.florida.setantacollege.com US Website]
- [http://www.za.setantacollege.com South African Website]
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Category:Universities and colleges in the Republic of Ireland
Category:Educational institutions established in 2007
Category:Distance education institutions based in the Republic of Ireland