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Eoin Reid
Irish hurler
Eoin Reid (born 27 December 1984) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club Ballyhale Shamrocks. He played for the Kilkenny senior hurling team for five years, during which time he usually lined out as a corner-forward.
Reid began his hurling career at club level with Ballyhale Shamrocks. He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 16-year-old in 2002 and enjoyed his greatest successes as part of the club's All-Ireland Championship-winning teams in 2007, 2010 and 2015 2019 2020 Reid has also won six Leinster Championship medals and nine Kilkenny Championship medals. His early prowess also saw him win a Dr. Croke Cup with St. Kieran's College and 3 Fitzgibbon Cup medals with Waterford Institute of Technology.
At inter-county level, Reid was part of the successful Kilkenny minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 2002 before later winning an All-Ireland Championship with the under-21 team in 2004. He joined the Kilkenny senior team in 2006. From his debut, Reid was better known as a panellist rather than a member of the starting fifteen made a combined total of 10 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended in 2010. During that time he was part of four All-Ireland Championship-winning teams – in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.[1] Reid also secured four consecutive Leinster Championship medals and two National Hurling League medals. He was effectively let go from the Kilkenny team in 2010.
Reid's uncle, Richie Reid, and his brothers, T. J. and Richie, have also enjoyed All-Ireland success with Kilkenny.[2]