Cork's Eoin Fitzgerald NAME: Eoin Fitzgerald DATE OF BIRTH: 7-1-80 HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 11st 7lbs CLUB: Castlelyons COUNTY: Cork NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Won County Junior Championship with club Castlelyons in 1997; won All-Ireland Colleges with St Colmans in 1997; won Cork County Senior Hurling Championship in 1997 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: May 8th, 1997 vs Clare (Cork minors), Munster Minor Championship TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Kenneth Kennedy (Clare) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Pairc Ui Leahy (Castlelyons); Pairc Ui Chaoimh; Semple Stadium; Croke Park HOBBIES: Socialising FAVOURITE POSITION: Half forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Sean O'Farrell, Joe Deane INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Parents, school, club, girls THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning the County Junior with the club and winning the All-Ireland Colleges with St Colmans College, Fermoy BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing All-Ireland Colleges Final in 1996; losing first round of Minor Championship v Clare in 1997 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Peter Murphy, Damien McNamara WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: By looking after players better and by improving the underage structure throughout the country. The youth of the country have to be coached DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: The way most matches are played on a Sunday. It's wrecking my social life because I can't go out on a Saturday night!! DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Whole and extended family PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: The referee of this year's All-Ireland Minor Final FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Howya boy!' PET HATES: Arriving anywhere on time FAVOURITE MUSIC: Christy Moore IDEAL DATE: Denise Van Outen HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? I would like to be remembered as being a man while on the GAA field and a gentleman off the field Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 11th September 1998 Vol 8 No 37 Tweet

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