Cyril Lyons

{{short description|Irish hurler and manager}}

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{{Infobox Gaelic games player

| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

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| name = Cyril Lyons

| irish = Coireall Ó Laighin

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| nickname =

| county = Clare

| province = Munster

| club = Ruan

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| clcounty = 0

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| counties = Clare

| icposition = Full-forward

| icyears = 1983-1996

| icapps(points) = 24 (7-75)

| icprovince = 1

| icallireland = 1

| nhl = 0

| allstars = 0

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| occupation = National school principal

| birth_place=Toonagh, County Clare, Ireland

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Cyril Lyons (born 1959) is an Irish former hurler and manager who played as a full-forward for the Clare senior team.{{cite news|url=http://hoganstand.com/Clare/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=81585|title=Profile of Cyril Lyons|date=11 June 1993|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=12 July 2012}}

Lyons made his first appearance for the team during the 1983 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1996 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland winner's medal and one Munster winners' medal.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/clare/Profile.aspx|title=Clare GAA profile|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514025614/http://hoganstand.com/Clare/Profile.aspx|archive-date=14 May 2012|url-status=dead}}

At club level Lyons played with Ruan.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

In retirement Lyons became involved in coaching. He served one stint as manager of the Clare senior hurling team from 2000 to 2003 where he guided Clare to the 2002 All-Ireland Final, before later training the Clare under-21 team to an All-Ireland title in 2009.{{cite web|url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/HURLING%3a+ALL+IRELAND+HURLING+FINAL%3a+KILKENNY+v+CLARE%3a+DJ%3a+I+THOUGHT...-a091182057|title= Kilkenny 2-20 Clare 0-19|date=9 September 2002|work= Daily Mirror|accessdate=22 August 2013 }}