Eddie Boyle (Gaelic footballer)

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Eddie Boyle
Personal information
Irish name Éamonn Ó Baoill
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full-back
Born 1915
Greenore, County Louth, Ireland
Died December 2000 (aged 85)
Greenore, County Louth, Ireland
Nickname Prince of full-backs
Occupation Breadman
Club(s)
YearsClub
Cooley Kickhams
Seán McDermotts (Dublin)
Club titles
Louth titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
Louth
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0

Eddie Boyle (1915 - December 2000) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Louth senior team. [1]

Born in Greenore, County Louth, Boyle first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Louth minor team before later joining the junior side. He later made his senior championship debut. Boyle enjoyed a lengthy career and won two Leinster medals. [2] [3]

As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Boyle won five Railway Cup medals. At club level he was a two-time championship medallist with Cooley Kickhams. [2]

In retirement from playing, Boyle was chosen at full-back on a special Team of the Century made up of players who never won an All-Ireland medal.

In 1990 the then Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey, presented him with the All-Time All Star Award at a ceremony in Dublin in recognition of his achievements. [4]

Eddie was posthumously selected on the Louth Football Team of the Millennium in 2000. [2]

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References

  1. "Sadness at death of GAA legend". Irish Independent. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "One of most dedicated sportsmen ever in Louth". Drogheda Independent . 29 December 2000.
  3. "Louth team of '43 and Dundalk FC side of '58 open a can of worms". Dundalk Democrat . 13 May 2020.
  4. "Eddie Honoured". The Argus . 18 January 1991.