Eoin Kennedy

Eoin Kennedy is an Irish handball player from County Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland.

'Eoin Kennedy is currently an engineer and former lecturer at NUI Maynooth. He is the holder of 14 Senior handball titles. He also has won 3 Irish Nationals Open Singles and a Collegiate title representing DCU in 2001. In 1999 he won the US Nationals Open Singles and two years later won the Canadian singles final with a resounding win over the legendary Canadian player Merv Deckert in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Kennedy also has three Vodafone All-Star Awards. The St. Brigid’s player also partnered Cork’s Tony Healy to beat reigning champions Paul Brady and Michael Finnegan from Cavan in the Men’s Open Doubles final in the World Championships in Edmonton, Canada in August 2006.'

Kennedy has won several awards for his play; these include All-Star awards in 2002 and 2004 and he was presented with the Vodafone All-Star Player of the Year Award in February, 2006. In 2005, he won the All-Ireland Senior Doubles 40 x 20, and 60 x 30 Championships with Egin Jensen, making them the first pair representing Dublin GAA to win the Senior Doubles title since it was won by the Rowe brothers back in 1948. Kennedy also won the 2005 hardball singles.

Eoin was named as handball player of the year for 2010, he received his award at a banquet at Croke Park on Saturday, November 27, 2010.