Eoin Lawless

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Eoin Lawless
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Full-back
Born 2002
Athenry,
County Galway, Ireland
Occupation Student
Club(s)
YearsClub
 St Mary's, Athenry
Club titles
Galway titles 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
 University of Galway
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2023–
 Galway
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Eoin Lawless (born 2002) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with St Mary's, Athenry, while he has also lined out at inter-county level with various Galway teams.

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Career

Lawless first played hurling to a high standard as a student at Presentation College, Athenry. He was part of the Pres team that won consecutive Connacht Colleges SAHC titles in 2018 and 2019 but lost the subsequent All-Ireland finals to St Kieran's College. [1] Lawless later lined out with the University of Galway team that lost back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup finals in 2022 and 2023. [2] [3]

At club level, Lawless first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the St Mary's club in Athenry. He was part of the club's under-21 team that claimed the Galway U21AHC title in 2019. [4] Lawless has since joined the St Mary's senior team.

Lawless first appeared at inter-county level with Galway as a member of the minor team that won back-to-back All-Ireland MHC titles in 2018 and 2019. [5] [6] The latter season saw him being named on the Minor Team of the Year. [7] Lawless immediately progressed onto the under-20 team and was at right wing-forward late addition on the team beaten by Cork in the 2021 All-Ireland under-20 final. [8] He made his senior team debut in 2023. [9]

Honours

Presentation College Athenry
St Mary's, Athenry
Galway

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References

  1. ↑ "Presentation College Athenry hope to claim maiden Croke Cup". GAA website. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "UL rally to Fitzgibbon Cup glory with late 1-5 to deny NUIG dream double". The 42. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  3. ↑ McCarthy, Tomás (18 February 2023). "Four-goal Michael Kiely fires UL to Fitzgibbon Cup glory against University of Galway". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Reel back the years: 2019". St Mary's GAA website. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Galway youngsters add to the silverware". Irish Examiner. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Electric Ireland MHC Final: Impressive Galway triumph". GAA website. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "6 of Galway's All-Ireland winners feature in Minor Hurling Team of the Year". The 42. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Impressive Cork crowned BGE All-Ireland U-20 Hurling Champions". GAA website. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Second-half Galway surge banks silverware for Henry Shefflin". Irish Examiner. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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