"CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS"

Drimnagh's world 5,000 metre champion (1983)Eamonn,was a schoolboy champion under coach Gerry Farnan,He attended
Villanova University in the USA where with famed coach Jumbo Elliott he became a world star.

Between 1974 and 1983 Eamonn won 11 national titles and held 14 national outdoor records.
He finished fourth in the Montreal and Moscow Olympics.
He was runner up in the 1978 European championships.
He won the inaugural 5,000 metres world title in 1983 in Helsinki.
In indoor running he had few peers,
winning 7 prestigious Wannamakers miles in Madison Square Garden between 1977 and 1987 and also
won 7 Melrose miles as well .His 52 wins in 70 races over 14 years surely makes him one of Ireland's
finest.
Eamonn managed a sub four minute mile after he reached forty years of age.
Always proud of his Drimnagh heritage he was, and is a great ambassador for Ireland



Winner of 1979 European indoor 1500 metres

Won (1977) 1,500 metres A A A
(1979) & (1981) 5,000 metres A A A

Won 7 prestigious wannamaker's Mile in Madison Square garden 1977-1987
7 Melrose mile races
plus lots of races in Ireland
And was crowned
1983 WORLD5,000 METRES CHAMPION

Eamon who is without doubt one of Drimnagh's finest is director of Fundraising and development at
Our Lady's hospital just a few hundred yards from where he was raised on Cooley road Drimnagh