Eoin Fitzgerald

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| sport = Hurling

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| name = Eoin Fitzgerald

| irish = Eoin Mac Gearailt

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| occupation = Tax Consultant

| nickname = Fitz

| county = Cork

| province = Munster

| club = Castlelyons
→ Imokilly
Castlegar
Oranmore-Maree

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| colleges = University of Limerick

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| counties = Cork

| icposition = Left wing-forward

| icyears = 2000-2004

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|1|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Castlelyons, County Cork, Ireland

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Eoin Fitzgerald (born 7 January 1980) is an Irish former hurler. He played with a number of clubs, including Castlelyons, Castlegar and Oranmore-Maree, divisional side Imokilly and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a forward.

Career

Fitzgerald played schoolboy hurling with St Colman's College in Fermoy on a team that won consecutive Harty Cup titles and an All-Ireland Colleges Championship title in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/st-colman-s-are-rampant-1.53110 |title=St Colman's are rampant|publisher=Irish Times|date=17 March 1997|access-date=20 April 2022|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20089044.html|title=Wallace hoping Counsel finally go one better|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=11 April 2009|access-date=20 April 2022|first=|last=}} He later lined out with the University of Limerick and won a Fitzgibbon Cup title in 2002. At club level, Fitzgerald first lined out with Castlelyons in the juvenile and underage grades and was just 17-years-old when he won a Cork JAHC title with the team in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.castlelyonsgaa.com/contentPage/298895/a_b_o_u_t|title=About us|publisher=Castlelyons GAA|date=13 May 2003|access-date=20 April 2022|first=|last=}} This was followed by a Cork IHC title and a Cork SHC title with divisional side Imokilly in 1998.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/imokilly-repeat-success-1.209970|title=Imokilly repeat success|publisher=Irish Times|date=2 November 1998|access-date=9 August 2016}} Fitzgerald first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor hurling team that beat Kilkenny in the All-Ireland minor hurling final.{{cite web|url= https://www.independent.ie/sport/barrett-golden-goal-sets-rebels-on-path-to-glory-26174137.html|title =Barrett golden goal sets Rebels on path to glory|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=31 March 2020|date=14 September 1998|first=Paddy|last=Hickey}} He progressed through the under-21 and intermediate teams before winning a Munster Championship title with the senior team in 2000. A broken collarbone ruled him out of the 2003 championship, however, he returned to the panel for the 2004 league.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/fitz-injury-blow-for-rebel-hurlers-25946826.html|title=Fitz injury blow for Rebel hurlers|publisher=Irish Independent|date=13 May 2003|access-date=20 April 2022|first=|last=}}