Éamon Cleary is a retired
Irish sportsperson.
Career
He played
hurling
Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...
with the
Wexford
Wexford ( ; archaic Yola dialect, Yola: ''Weiseforthe'') is the county town of County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the ...
senior inter-county team in the 1980s and won an
All Star
An all-star team is a group of people all having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and has been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry.
Sports
"All-star" as a sport ...
award in 1989, being picked in the full back position.
Racing interests
He owned and bred the horse that won the Cheltenham
Champion Hurdle
The Champion Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt racing, National Hunt Hurdling (horse race), hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to Horse racing, horses aged four years ...
called
Annie Power.
He owns the
2018 Irish Greyhound Derby winner Ballyanne Sim.
References
External links
GAA Info Profile
Living people
Wexford inter-county hurlers
Year of birth missing (living people)
People in greyhound racing
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