Setanta College is a distance learning college, with a focus on sports courses. It offers internationally accredited qualifications, ranging from Higher Certificate to Master's degree level. The college is primarily web-based but also offers campus-based courses at its Limerick City campus. Other teaching locations include London, UK,^[3] Karnataka, India,^[4] and Pennsylvania and Florida in the United States.^[5]

Setanta College was founded by Liam Hennessy BA, MSc, PhD, FRAMI,^[6] a former international pole vault competitor and record holder.^[7] Hennessy is an exercise physiologist and strength and conditioning coach whose work has been published in scientific journals^[8][9] and has worked with European soccer club teams in Italy,^[10] and Germany,^[11][12] the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU),^[12] the Irish Olympic Team,^[13][14] Tipperary GAA,^[13] and as Fitness coach to three time Major winning golfer Pádraig Harrington.^[15] 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.^[16]

Setanta College has designed and operates or facilitates courses for the Irish National Teachers' Organisation and World Rugby.^[17] 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)^[18] and to other sporting organisations such as Saracens Rugby and Arsenal F.C.^{[citation needed]}

• Gaelic Players Association (GPA)^[19]
• Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO)^[20]
• World Rugby^[17]
• Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU)^[21]
• Rugby Players Ireland^[22]
• Irish Amateur Weightlifting Association (IAWLA)^[23]
• Titleist Performance Institute (TPI)^[24]
• 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^[25]
• Irish Wheelchair Association-Sport
• Inspire Institute of Sport, an elite training facility in India^[4]
• Houston Astros
• Washington Nationals
• Philadelphia Phillies
• World Academy of Sport (WAoS) with World Olympians Association^[26]

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (April 2022)

• 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 ^[27]
• Gavin Duffy – Irish International and Connacht Rugby Rugby Union player. Also previously played with Harlequins.^[28][29]
• 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.^[1]