Eoin Lawless
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born | 2002 Athenry, County Galway, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St Mary's, Athenry | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 0 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| University of Galway | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
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.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]- Presentation College Athenry
- Connacht Colleges Senior A Hurling Championship: 2018, 2019
- St Mary's, Athenry
- Galway Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2019
- Galway
References
[edit]- ^ "Presentation College Athenry hope to claim maiden Croke Cup". GAA website. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "UL rally to Fitzgibbon Cup glory with late 1-5 to deny NUIG dream double". The 42. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Reel back the years: 2019". St Mary's GAA website. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Galway youngsters add to the silverware". Irish Examiner. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Electric Ireland MHC Final: Impressive Galway triumph". GAA website. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "6 of Galway's All-Ireland winners feature in Minor Hurling Team of the Year". The 42. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Impressive Cork crowned BGE All-Ireland U-20 Hurling Champions". GAA website. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Second-half Galway surge banks silverware for Henry Shefflin". Irish Examiner. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.