Eoin Larkin

Eoin Larkin
Personal information
Irish name Eoghan Ó Lorcáin
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-forward
Born (1984-07-17) 17 July 1984 (age 40)
Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname Larks
Occupation Irish hurler
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
2002-2019
 James Stephens 54 (19-267)
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Kilkenny titles 2 3
Leinster titles 2
All-Ireland titles 1
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
2005–2016
 Kilkenny 58 (8–134)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 10
All-Irelands 8
NHL 6
All Stars 2
* club appearances and scores correct as of 17:28, 17 January 2021.
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:24, 16 September 2016.

Eoin Larkin (born 17 July 1984) is an Irish hurler and coach. His league and championship career as a forward with the Kilkenny senior team spanned twelve seasons from 2005 to 2016.[1]

Born in Kilkenny, Larkin first played competitive hurling following encouragement from his father. He attended St. Kieran's College where he began his college hurling career as goalkeeper at under-14 level. Larkin simultaneously came to prominence with the James Stephens club at juvenile and underage levels, winning two county under-21 championship medals in 2000 and 2002. He subsequently joined the James Stephens senior team and was at centre-forward when the club won the All-Ireland title in 2005. Larkin also won two Leinster medals and three county senior championship medals. As a Gaelic footballer with James Stephens he also won two county senior championship medals.

Larkin made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was picked for the Kilkenny minor panel. He was an unused substitute throughout the 2002 championship but collected a set of All-Ireland and Leinster medals as a member of the starting fifteen. Larkin later enjoyed a successful two-year tenure with the Kilkenny under-21 team, winning an All-Ireland medal in 2005 as well as back to back Leinster medals. He made his senior debut during the 2005 league. Over the course of the next twelve seasons, Larkin won eight All-Ireland medals, including a record-equalling four championships in-a-row from 2006 to 2009, followed by back-to-back triumphs in 2011 and 2012 and a final two championships in 2014 and 2015. The All-Ireland-winning captain of 2012, he was denied a ninth All-Ireland medal in September 2016 in what was his last game for Kilkenny. Larkin also won ten Leinster medals, six National Hurling League medals and was named All-Star, Texaco and GPA Hurler of the Year in 2008.[2][3][4] He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 2 December 2016.[5][6][7][8]

After being chosen at right wing-forward on the Leinster inter-provincial team in 2006, Larkin was a regular member of the team at various intervals until 2012. During that time he won four Railway Cup medals.

  1. ^ "Player profile: Eoin Larkin". Kilkenny GAA website. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  2. ^ "2008 Texaco Sportstars". Irish Independent. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Eoin Larkin and Seán Cavanagh named Opel Gaelic players of the year". GPA website. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Kilkenny dominate All-Star team". Irish Times. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Kilkenny legend Eoin Larkin announces retirement from inter-county hurling". Irish Independent. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Kilkenny's 8-time All-Ireland winner Eoin Larkin announces his retirement". The 42. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Eoin Larkin retires: 'I am content to walk away knowing I gave everything I could'". Irish Examiner. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Eoin Larkin retires from Kilkenny hurling panel". Kilkenny People. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.