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Tue 07 Jul 2007Glynn's goals help land player of the month award  League of Ireland News and previews:Just a matter of months after signing for Galway United from Mayo League side Claremorris and within weeks of establishing himself as a first-team regular at Terryland Park, 24-year-old striker Derek Glynn was yesterday named as the Eircom/Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland player of the month for June.Glynn made a terrific start to the month, scoring twice as United beat St Patrick's Athletic in what was only his third competitive start. Having bagged two in the win over Longford in late May, he maintained his run with three more against Finn Harps and Shamrock Rovers to leave him on seven goals from six starts going into this evening's league game against Cork City.