Sligo Lacrosse ( European Championship)

 

Luke Moloney No. 19

 

Luke was born in Easkey, County Sligo, but his journey into lacrosse began much farther afield.

“I grew up in Manchester from when I was about eight to twenty,” he explains. “I picked up the stick as a kid and started playing lacrosse in primary school. Then in secondary school, I moved on to field lacrosse, and it just took off from there.”

For a young man from Sligo, pursuing a career in lacrosse was never going to be straightforward. Yet through hard work and determination, Luke made it happen.

“My first start with the Irish team was in 2019 at the U20 European Championship in Prague.”

 

 

 

 

 

Conor Shears  ( Defender)

 

Another member of the Irish squad we hear from is Conor Shears, who shares his strong roots in County Sligo. “My grandfather’s family was all from Curry in Sligo,” he explains. “I have too many second cousins to count—my mom had 51 first cousins, all born in Ireland.”

Shears has visited Ireland several times: first as a toddler, then again around the age of ten, and more recently for training camps with the national team. His grandfather, Patrick Henry, was himself a Gaelic footballer who played for the Curry club, adding an extra layer of family tradition to Shears’ connection with the sport and the country.