Ciarán Lyng

Ciarán Lyng, born on 9 July 1986, is an Irish sportsperson who plays Gaelic football and hurling for St Martin's and Gaelic football for the Wexford senior county team, and who has also played international rules football for Ireland. He grew up as one of four brothers in Wexford and played soccer almost thirty times for Ireland at underage level, moving to Preston North End and then Shrewsbury Town in 2004, where he made five appearances in the Football League. His Gaelic football breakthrough came in 2008, when Wexford reached the Leinster final and the All-Ireland semi-final, he was nominated for an All Star and represented Ireland against Australia in the International Rules Series. With St Martin's he won a senior football title in 2013 and senior hurling titles in 2017 and 2019.