Eoin Lawless

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.

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

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 Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2019
Galway

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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