Declan Dalton (born 6 November 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays as a forward for club side Fr.
O'Neill's when he scored 0-15, including twelve from frees, in 3-24 to 4-18 defeat of Midleton to win the Cork Premier Under-21 Championship title.
[5] Dalton's performances at club level lead to him being selected for the Imokilly divisional team during the 2015 Cork Senior Championship.
Dalton was replaced in goal by Watergrasshill's Dara O'Callaghan for the 2018 Cork Senior Championship, however, he remained on the panel as a forward.
Lining out at full-forward, he top scored for the team with 1-07 and collected a third successive winners' medal after the 2-17 to 1-16 defeat of Glen Rovers.
[11] Dalton won a Munster Championship medal on 4 July 2018, after scoring seven points in Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final.
[16] He made his first competitive appearance as goalkeeper on 25 January 2017 and scored two long-range points from frees in Cork's 0-19 to 0-15 Munster League defeat of Clare.
[17] On 27 January 2019, Dalton made his first National Hurling League appearance at centre-forward in a 2-18 to 0-17 defeat by Kilkenny at Nowlan Park.