Eamonn Prenter, a former Antrim county footballer and Naomh Éanna club player, died on Thursday afternoon at age 61.

Prenter scored five points from play for Naomh Éanna in the 1984 hurling play-off final against Rasharkin. The club won league titles in football in 1980 and hurling in 1984. He debuted for Antrim seniors in 1982 while a student at St Malachy's College in North Belfast.

He played on Antrim's minor football team that won the Ulster Championship in 1982. Antrim's U21 team with Prenter reached an inter-provincial final against Down. Prenter remained on the Antrim senior panel through the 1980s and early 1990s, known for free-taking.

Prenter represented University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast in the Sigerson Cup. He worked as a town planner in London and Dublin. While in London, he scored a point for the London team in a 1993 National Football League Division Four match against Waterford.

Naomh Éanna noted Prenter's family ties to the club, including mother Meg as president and brothers Kieran, Brendan and Fergal plus sisters Sinead and Maeve as former players. The club called him a gentleman who returned to play for them and won another league title.

Prenter co-founded Club Aontroma in 2006 and served as its chairman. He helped develop Dunsilly as a GAA hub for Antrim, presenting a £50,000 cheque at the 2008 sod-cutting attended by then-GAA President Nicky Brennan.

Club Aontroma described Prenter as the driving force behind its creation and the Dunsilly project. Antrim GAA channels expressed condolences, citing his roles as player, supporter, fundraiser and networker.