Aonghus Clarke (born 1993) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with

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and at inter-county level with the Westmeath senior hurling team.

Career

Clarke first played hurling to a high standard as a student at Coláiste Mhuire in

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. He was part of the team that beat St Benildus College from

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by 1-18 to 1-04 to win the Leinster Colleges SBHC title in 2011. At club level, Clarke began his career at juvenile and underage levels with

and won numerous Westmeath MAHC and U21AHC titles. He subsequently progressed to adult level and won four Westmeath SHC medals between 2013 and 2024. Clarke first played for

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at inter-county level during a two-year tenure with the minor team team. He later progressed to the under-21 team but ended his underage career without success. Clarke was just out of the minor grade when he joined the senior team. His inter-county honours include three National Hurling League Division 2A medals, including two as

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. Clarke also won a

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medal in 2021.

Personal life

His brother, Joe Clarke, has also played for the Westmeath senior team.

Honours

;Coláiste Mhuire *Leinster Colleges Senior B Hurling Championship: 2011 ;Castletown Geoghegan *

Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship The Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Slevin Coaches Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Westmeath SHC) is an annual hurling competition organized by the Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

(c) *Westmeath Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2013, 2014 *Westmeath Minor A Hurling Championship: 2009, 2010, 2011 ;Westmeath *

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* National Hurling League Division 2A:

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References

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