{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer (1982–2022)}} {{Use Irish English|date=July 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox GAA player | code= Football | sport = Gaelic football | image = | name = Eoin Farrell | irish = Eoin Ó Fearail | fullname = | feet = | inches = | nickname = Eoinie | occupation = Accountant | county = Westmeath | province = Leinster | club = Maryland | clposition = | clubs = | clyears = | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 0 | clprovince= | clallireland = | colleges = Athlone Institute of Technology | colyears = 2000–2006 | sig = 0 | counties = Westmeath | icposition = Goalkeeper | icyears = | icapps(points) = | icprovince = 0 | icallireland = 0 | nfl = 0 | allstars = 0 | clupdate = | icupdate = | birth_date = November 1982 | birth_place= Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland | death_date = 3 July 2022 (aged 39) | death_place= Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland }} '''Eoin Farrell''' ({{langx|ga|link=y|Eoin Ó Fearail}}; November 1982 – 3 July 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and selector. At club level he played with Maryland and was also a member of the Westmeath senior football team. Farrell usually lined out as a goalkeeper.
==Career== Farrell first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Maryland club. He also lined out as a schoolboy with the Marist College in Athlone and was a goalkeeper on the team that lost the 1999 Leinster colleges final to Good Counsel College.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/sum-of-good-counsel-s-parts-equals-victory-1.160634|title=Sum of Good Counsel's parts equals victory|date=8 March 1999|publisher=Irish Times|accessdate=4 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref> Farrell first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Westmeath minor football team that beat Dublin to win the 1999 Leinster MFC title.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/westmeath-deliver-another-minor-miracle-26115071.html|title=Westmeath deliver another minor miracle|date=31 July 2000|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=4 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref> He later lined out at under-21 and senior levels and also played with Athlone Institute of Technology in the Sigerson Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/westmeath-lose-their-way-in-an-ill-fated-title-defence-26095691.html|title=Westmeath lose their way in an ill-fated title defence|date=5 February 2001|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=4 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref> Farrell won a Westmeath IFC title with Maryland in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.advertiser.ie/athlone/article/3865/maryland-have-that-bit-extra-to-claim-historic-intermediate-title|title=Maryland have that bit extra to claim historic intermediate title|date=31 October 2008|publisher=Athlone Advertiser|accessdate=4 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref> He later served as a selector with the Westmeath minor football team.
==Death== Farrell died after a short illness on 3 July 2022, aged 40.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2022/07/04/maryland-in-mourning-over-passing-of-former-star/|title=Maryland in mourning over passing of former star|date=4 July 2022|publisher=Westmeath Independent|accessdate=4 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/324104|title=Death of former Westmeath goalkeeper Eoinie Farrell|date=4 July 2022|publisher=Hogan Stand|accessdate=4 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref>
==Honours==
;Maryland *Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship: 2008
;Westmeath *Leinster Minor Football Championship: 2000
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farrell, Eoin}} Category:1982 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Gaelic football goalkeepers Category:Gaelic football selectors Category:Irish accountants Category:Maryland Gaelic footballers Category:People educated at Marist College, Athlone Category:Sportspeople from Athlone Category:Westmeath inter-county Gaelic footballers