Shane Cooney (born 1995) is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club St Thomas' and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He is usually deployed as a centre-back. His brother, Conor Cooney, also plays for both teams.
Cooney was just 17-years old when he joined the St Thomas' senior hurling team. On 18 November 2012, he was introduced as a 35th-minute substitute when St Thomas' defeated Loughrea by 3âÂÂ11 to 2âÂÂ11 to win the Galway Senior Championship. On 17 March 2013, Cooney was at centre-back when St Thomas' defeated Kilcormac/Killoughey by 1âÂÂ11 to 1âÂÂ09 in the All-Ireland final.
On 16 October 2016, Cooney was at centre-back when St Thomas' defeated Gort by 1âÂÂ11 to 0âÂÂ10 to win their second ever Galway Senior Championship.
On 18 November 2018, Cooney won a third Galway Senior Championship medal from centre-back after a 2âÂÂ13 to 0âÂÂ10 defeat of reigning champions Liam Mellows.
Cooney first played for the Galway minor hurling team on 28 July 2012 in a 4âÂÂ20 to 2âÂÂ11 defeat of Wexford in the All-Ireland quarter-final. He was eligible for the minor grade again the following year and, on 8 September 2013, was at centre-back for Galway's 1âÂÂ21 to 0âÂÂ16 defeat by Waterford in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.
On 22 August 2015, Cooney made his first appearance for the Galway under-21 hurling team in a 1âÂÂ20 to 0âÂÂ17 defeat by Limerick in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 10 September 2016, Cooney was at centre-back when Galway suffered a 5âÂÂ15 to 0âÂÂ14 defeat by Waterford in the All-Ireland final. It was his last game in the under-21 grade.
Cooney made his first appearance for the Galway senior hurling team on 3 February 2018 in a 2âÂÂ18 to 0âÂÂ17 defeat of Laois in the National Hurling League. On 9 June, he made his first Leinster Championship appearance when he came on as a 50th-minute substitute for Paul Killeen in a 0âÂÂ26 to 2âÂÂ19 defeat of Dublin. On 8 July, Cooney was an unused substitute for Galway's 1âÂÂ28 to 3âÂÂ15 defeat of Kilkenny in the Leinster final. In the subsequent All-Ireland final against Limerick on 19 August, he was also an unused substitute fr Galway's 3âÂÂ16 to 2âÂÂ18 defeat.