Eugene Cloonan

Eugene Cloonan, born on 22 December 1978 in Athenry, County Galway, is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Galway senior team. He first played competitive hurling at Athenry Vocational School, joined the Galway minor team at seventeen and later the under-21 side, and made his senior debut in the 1997 championship. He played a key part for Galway for over a decade, winning three Connacht medals and one National Hurling League medal and finishing as an All-Ireland runner-up once. He won one Railway Cup medal with Connacht in 1999, and at club level was a three-time All-Ireland medallist with Athenry, also winning five Connacht medals and six championship medals. His career tally of 14 goals and 116 points was a record for a Galway player until Joe Canning passed it in 2011, and he made 22 championship appearances before retiring after the 2008 championship.