| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Eoin Downey | |
| Irish: | Eoin Ó Dúnaigh |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 4[1] |
| Occupation: | Student |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Glen Rovers |
| Clyears: | 2021-present |
| Clapps(Points): | 14 (1-08) |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Colleges: | University College Cork |
| Colyears: | 2022-present |
| Fitz: | 0 |
| Counties: | Cork |
| Icposition: | Full-back |
| Icyears: | 2022-present |
| Icapps(Points): | 8 (0-00) |
| Icprovince: | 0 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Clupdate: | 21:03, 9 July 2024 |
| Icupdate: | 23:30, 8 July 2024 |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Ballyvolane, Cork, Ireland |
Eoin Downey (born 17 May 2003) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Glen Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team.
Born and raised in Cork, Downey first played hurling to a high standard as a student at Christian Brothers College, Cork. He progressed through the various age grades before joining the school's senior team in 2019. Downey's first year as a senior ended with defeat by St Flannan's College in the 2020 Harty Cup final.[2] He captained CBC to the Dr O'Callaghan Cup title after a 3-13 to 1-12 defeat of Gaelcholáiste Mhuire an Mhainistir Thuaidh in March 2022, in what was his last game for the school.[3] Downey later studied at University College Cork and was added to their Fitzgibbon Cup panel in 2023.[4]
Downey began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with the Glen Rovers club on the northside of Cork city.[5] He had success in the under-21 grade in 2023 when the Glen won the Cork Premier 1 U21HC title.[6] Downey won a Seandún U21B FC title with the Glen's sister club St Nick's in 2024.[7]
Downey made his senior team debut at midfield in the Glen's 0-24 to 1-10 defeat by Douglas in September 2021.[8] He ended his debut championship season with a 0-24 to 1-18 defeat by Midleton in the final.[9]
Downey first appeared on the inter-county scene with Cork as a member of the minor team in 2019, before being named team captain in 2020.[10] His minor career ended without success, however, he immediately progressed to the under-20 team. Success in this grade was immediate with Downey claiming Munster and All-Ireland U20HC medals in 2021 after respective defeats of Limerick and Galway.[11] [12] After surrendering their titles the following year, Downey claimed a second Munster U20HC medal after a two point defeat of Clare in 2023.[13] His last game in the grade saw him claim a second winners' medal after a defeat of Offaly in the 2023 All-Ireland U20 final.[14]
Downey was still a school student when he was called into the Cork senior hurling team by manager Kieran Kingston in 2022.[15] He made his debut in a 2-17 to 0-22 defeat of Limerick in round 1 of the 2023 National Hurling League.[16]
Downey's older brother Robert is also a hurler.[17]
| Team | Year | Cork PSHC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | |||
| Glen Rovers | 2021 | 6 | 0-01 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0-06 | ||
| 2023 | 4 | 1-01 | ||
| Total | 14 | 1-08 | ||
| Year | Cork SAHC | |||
| Apps | Score | |||
| 2024 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| Career total | 14 | 1-08 | ||
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Cork | 2022 | Division 1A | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | — | 5 | 0-01 | ||||
| 2024 | 4 | 0-01 | 4 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-01 | |||
| Career total | 8 | 0-02 | 5 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | 16 | 0-02 | |||
2022 (c)
2023
2021, 2023