Cyril Lyons

Cyril Lyons
Personal information
Irish name	Coireall Ó Laighin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full-forward
Born	Toonagh, County Clare, Ireland
Occupation	National school principal
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ruan
Club titles
Clare titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1983-1996	Clare	24 (7-75)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All-Irelands	1
NHL	0
All Stars	0

Cyril Lyons (born 1959) is an Irish former hurler and manager who played as a full-forward for the Clare senior team.^[1]

Lyons made his first appearance for the team during the 1983 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1996 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland winner's medal and one Munster winners' medal.^[2]

At club level Lyons played with Ruan.

In retirement Lyons became involved in coaching. He served one stint as manager of the Clare senior hurling team from 2000 to 2003 where he guided Clare to the 2002 All-Ireland Final, before later training the Clare under-21 team to an All-Ireland title in 2009.^[3]

References

↑ "Profile of Cyril Lyons". Hogan Stand website. 11 June 1993. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
↑ "Clare GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
↑ "Kilkenny 2-20 Clare 0-19". Daily Mirror. 9 September 2002. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ger Loughnane	Clare Senior Hurling Manager 2000-2003	Succeeded by Anthony Daly

Cyril Lyons navigation boxes

Clare – 1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (2nd title)

Subs used: 23 É. Taaffe for S. McNamara; 17 C. Lyons for C. Clancy; 18 A. Neville for É. Taaffe

Subs not used: 16 S. O'Hara; 17 J. McInerney; 19 K. Morrissey; 20 G. Moroney; 21 J. Chaplin; 22 C. Chaplin; 24 B. Quinn

Manager: G. Loughnane

Selectors: M. McNamara; T. Considine

Clare – 2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: O. Baker for J. Reddan; G. Considine for D. Forde; A. Quinn for A. Markham; C. Plunkett for O. Baker

Subs not used: G. O'Connell; C. Harrison; K. Kennedy; D. McMahon; C. Earlie; J. Considine; R. O'Looney; P. Vaughan; B. Nugent; D. Kennedy; G. Malone

Manager: C. Lyons

Selectors: L. Mulqueen; J. Minogue

Clare – 2009 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Champions (1st title)

1 D. Tuohy 2 É. Glynn 3 C. Dillon 4 C. O'Doherty (c) 5 D. O'Donovan 6 N. O'Connell 7 J. Gunning 8 E. Barrett 9 C. O'Donovan 10 C. Morley 11 J. Conlon 12 S. Collins 13 C. Tierney 14 D. Honan 15 C. Ryan Subs used C. McGrath P. O'Connor E. Hayes Manager J. Minogue Selectors A. Dunne S. O'Halloran Trainer C. Lyons

Clare senior hurling team – managers

É. Cregan (1984–85) S. Durack (1985–90) L. Gaynor (1990–94) G. Loughnane (1994–00) C. Lyons (2000–03) A. Daly (2003–06) T. Considine (2006–08) M. McNamara (2007–09) G. O'Loughlin (2009–11) D. Fitzgerald (2011–)

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