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Place of Birth: Athenry, Connacht, Ireland
About Eugene Cloonan
- Eugene Cloonan (born 22 December 1978) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Galway senior team.
- Making his return in 2018 to bring athenry back to the glory days Born in Athenry, County Galway, Cloonan first played competitive hurling whilst at school at Athenry Vocational School.
- He arrived on the Inter-County scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team, before later joining the under-21 side.
- He made his senior debut in the 1997 championship.
- Cloonan went on to play a key part for Galway for over a decade, and won three Connacht medals and one National Hurling League medal.
- He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team at various times, Cloonan won one Railway Cup medals in 1999.
- At club level he was a three-time All-Ireland medallist with Athenry.
- In addition to this he also won five Connacht medals and six championship medals. Cloonan's career tally of 14 goals and 116 points was a record score for a Galway player which stood until 2011 when it was surpassed by Joe Canning. Throughout his career Cloonan made 22 championship appearances.
- His retirement came following the conclusion of the 2008 championship. In retirement from playing, Cloonan became involved in team management and coaching.
- At club level he has coached the Athenry minor team alongside his key player Donal Parr, while at inter-county level he was involved with the Galway under-14 and intermediate teams.
- In November 2013 he became a selector to the Galway senior team.
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