04/01/2024
Really struggling to describe the sadness we feel at the news that Eoin is gone. It just doesn't seem possible to sum up how horrific this is. An amazing, big hearted, brave, talented, loyal, kind young man that it has been such a pleasure to have known has slipped through our fingers.
I feel sorry for anyone who never got to see Eoin fight - he was a magician in there. A phenomenal talent who loved do***ng it out with his opponents as much he did sailing across the ring landing ridiculous cartwheel kicks and flying elbows. He cleared everyone out as a junior and went 11 fights unbeaten before topping it off with an ISKA title win. He moved into the pro game as a teen and only fought a couple of months ago, getting another A class win. He was looking forward to moving up the rankings in 2024.
But how good a fighter he was is just a small part of who Eoin was as a person. He was such an unassuming lad, always smiling, always generous with his time. Great craic to be around and just a genuine nice fella with a good heart. It's so hard to understand.
It's all made so much worse by the idea that Eoin didn't feel he could reach out. Like so many others in his life I'd have done anything for him. But Eoin kept the weight he was carrying to himself and endured in silence. He had an amazing family, a girlfriend, a huge group of friends and everyone at the club so it didn't have to be like that.
The idea that Eoin will never walk into our club again is just too difficult to accept. It'll never be the same. I want to close the doors and never go back. But we can't do that, though, because there's likely another one of our young lads struggling like Eoin struggled, and the club might be all they have. So we'll keep going in Eoin's memory.
Love you mate. You'll always be remembered 🙏