Luke Loughlin

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Luke Loughlin
Personal information
Sport Dual player
Born County Westmeath
Club(s)
YearsClub
 The Downs/Clonkill
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Westmeath titles 1 3
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
 Westmeath

Luke Loughlin (born 1994/1995) is a dual player of Gaelic games, who plays football for The Downs, hurling for Clonkill and also plays at senior level for the Westmeath county football team. He has also featured for the New York county football team. [1]

Loughlin is from Mullingar. [2] He was a playing member of the team when Westmeath won the 2019 National Football League Division 3 league title by a goal against Laois at Croke Park. [3]

He has spoken openly about his struggles with addiction. [4] [5] [6] [7]

He collapsed and CT scan in 2024. [8]

Against Antrim in the 2025 Tailteann Cup, Loughlin nearly broke Cillian O'Connor's record for the highest individual score in a championship match. [9]

Honours

The Downs
Clonkill
Westmeath

References

  1. ↑ O'Rourke, Steve (22 April 2016). "Galway hurling star Johnny Glynn named on New York senior football panel". The42.ie.
  2. ↑ "Westmeath footballer Luke Loughlin on addiction and recovery". RTÉ Lifestyle. 28 July 2022. 27-year-old Luke Loughlin from Mullingar is known for playing with Westmeath, but off the pitch he has struggled with some major personal battles.
  3. ↑ Keane, Paul (6 April 2019). "Westmeath claim more silverware with Division 3 success". Irish Examiner .
  4. ↑ Hussey, Sinéad (14 July 2022). "Westmeath's Loughlin opens up about addiction battle". RTÉ News.
  5. ↑ Browne, P. J. (21 September 2022). "Westmeath's Luke Loughlin Out Of Hell After 10 Years Of Addiction". Balls.ie.
  6. ↑ Fenton, James (14 July 2022). "Tailteann Cup winner Luke Loughlin opens up on addiction battle". Pundit Arena.
  7. ↑ Galvin, Kieran (20 July 2022). "Loughlin to speak about addiction issues at Rosemount event". Westmeath Independent .
  8. ↑ "Westmeath star recovering after collapsing during game". hoganstand.com. 6 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Cillian O'Connor's scoring record almost went last Sunday". Hogan Stand. 13 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Buckley, Gerry (9 October 2022). "Westmeath SFC Final: Glory for The Downs". Luke Loughlin scored five points for The Downs in the Westmeath SFC Final
  11. ↑ "Westmeath SHC final: Clonkill clinch 15th crown". Hogan Stand. 27 October 2018. Murtagh moved Clonkill two in front early in the resumption and more scores at that same end from Niall Mitchell and dual star Luke Loughlin would outweigh Ciaran Doyle's single, leaving it at 1–9 to 1–6 with 25 minutes to go.
  12. ↑ McKenna, Conor (20 October 2019). "Clonkill prevail to win back-to-back Westmeath crowns". RTÉ. Two points from Murtagh and Luke Loughlin respectively restored Clonkill's advantage, before Ciaran O'Brien scored the opening goal. His ninth minute effort made its way into the net after a pass from Joe Clarke.
  13. ↑ McKenna, Conor (4 October 2020). "Westmeath SHC Final: Clonkill win three-in-a-row".
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