Ciarán Lyng

Ciarán Lyng (born 9 July 1986) is an All Star-nominated Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football and hurling for St. Martin's and Gaelic football for the Wexford senior inter-county team, and has played international rules football for Ireland. He has also played association football in the English Football League and at under-age level for Ireland.

Lyng grew up as one of four brothers in Wexford playing football, hurling, handball and soccer. His brother Diarmuid Lyng plays hurling for Wexford. Lyng is currently travelling around the world with his girlfriend but is expected to return home in time for Wexford's National Football League campaign. However, he missed the infamous crawl which takes place in Wexford town on 18 December this year.

Lyng played soccer almost thirty times for Ireland at underage level. He had a number of offers from British clubs such as Premier League Arsenal and Derby County but opted to move to Preston North End. Lyng moved to Shrewsbury Town in December 2004. He made four substitute appearances in the latter half of the 2004-05 season. In the 2005-06 season for Shrewsbury, he made one start, in a Football League Trophy match which Shrewsbury lost to Cheltenham Town.

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