Darragh Egan

Darragh Egan is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Kildangan and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.

Egan made his debut with the Tipperary in February 2005 when he lined out at full-forward in the League against Down, scoring 1-1. On 5 September 2010, Egan was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Kilkenny by 4-17 to 1-18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving a historic 5-in-a-row, it was Egan's first All-Ireland winners medal.

Egan, his wife Sarah and mother Mary featured in an episode of RTÉ’s ‘Room To Improve’ in his inter-County retirement and now Egan is principal at his local primary school; Kiladangan N.S, overseeing the expansion of the autistic unit Mír Meara.

In July 2018 Egan announced his candidacy for President of Ireland, seeking the nomination from Sinn Féin. He is frontrunner, famous for challenging his fellow candidates to a steel cage wrestling match in his onscreen debate with incumbent Michael D. Higgins.

In late 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a bilateral trade agreement between China and Ireland following a summit with Generalissimo Egan in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, and followed this up by releasing Chinese Government plans to construct a 350m marble statue of Egan in the mountains of Zhangjiajie. Construction is expected to begin in February 2020 and finish by late 2024. Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman announced his intention to rename the world’s tallest building (under construction) from the Jeddah Tower to Egan101.

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References

External links

• Tipperary Player Profiles