Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Eoin Farrell | |
Irish: | Eoin Ó Fearail |
Nickname: | Eoinie |
Occupation: | Accountant |
County: | Westmeath |
Province: | Leinster |
Club: | Maryland |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Colleges: | Athlone Institute of Technology |
Colyears: | 2000–2006 |
Sig: | 0 |
Counties: | Westmeath |
Icposition: | Goalkeeper |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Birth Date: | November 1982 |
Birth Place: | Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland |
Death Date: | 3 July 2022 (aged 39) |
Death Place: | Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland |
Eoin Farrell (ga|link=y|Eoin Ó Fearail; November 1982 – 3 July 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and selector. At club level he played with Maryland and was also a member of the Westmeath senior football team. Farrell usually lined out as a goalkeeper.
Farrell first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Maryland club. He also lined out as a schoolboy with the Marist College in Athlone and was goalkeeper on the team that lost the 1999 Leinster colleges final to Good Counsel College.[1] Farrell first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Westmeath minor football team that beat Dublin to win the 1999 Leinster MFC title.[2] He later lined out at under-21 and senior levels and also played with Athlone Institute of Technology in the Sigerson Cup.[3] Farrell won a Westmeath IFC title with Maryland in 2008.[4] He later served as a selector with the Westmeath minor football team.
Farrell died after a short illness on 3 July 2022, aged 40.[5] [6]
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