Diarmaid Byrnes
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Diarmaid Ó Broin | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right wing-back | ||
Born |
1994 Patrickswell, County Limerick, Ireland | ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
Occupation | Student | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Patrickswell | |||
Club titles | |||
Limerick titles | 1 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
Limerick Institute of Technology | |||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2016-present | Limerick | 11 (1-13) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 10:53, 20 August 2018. |
Diarmaid Byrnes (born 1994) is an Irish hurler who plays as a right wing-back for club side Patrickswell and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.[1][2]
Playing career
University
During his studies at Limerick Institute of Technology, Byrnes was selected for the college's senior hurling team for the Fitzgibbon Cup.[3]
Club
Byrnes joined the Patrickswell club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels.
On 23 October 2016, Byrnes won a Limerick Hurling Championship medal after scoring six points from centre-back in Patrickswell's 1-26 to 1-07 defeat of Ballybrown in the final.[4]
Inter-county
Minor and under-21
Byrnes first played for Limerick at minor level in 2012, in a season which ended with a defeat by Clare in the Munster Championship semi-final.[5][6]
Byrnes subsequently joined the Limerick under-21 hurling team. He made his first appearance on 4 June 2014, however, he was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in a 2-20 to 1-14 defeat by Clare.[7]
In his second season with the team Byrnes won a Munster Championship medal after a 0-22 to 0-19 win over Clare in the final.[8][9] On 12 September 2015, Byrnes was at right wing-back when Limerick defeated Wexford by0-26 to 1-07 in the All-Ireland final.[10] He ended the season by being named on the Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year.[11]
Senior
Byrnes made his first appearance for the Limerick senior hurling team on 13 February 2016 in a 2-23 to 0-15 defeat of Wexford in the National Hurling League.[12] Later that season he made his first championship appearance in a 3-12 to 1-16 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster Championship.[13]
In April 2017, Byrnes sustained a knee injury which rules him out of the championship.[14]
On 19 August 2018, Byrnes scored a point from right wing-back when Limerick won their first All-Ireland title in 45 years after a 3-16 to 2-18 defeat of Galway in the final.[15] Later that day he was named on The Sunday Game Team of the Year.[16] Byrnes ended the season by being nominated for an All-Star Award.[17]
Career statistics
- As of match played 19 August 2018.
Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Limerick | 2016 | Division 1B | 7 | 0-16 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-03 | 10 | 0-19 |
2017 | 6 | 0-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-03 | ||
2018 | 7 | 1-13 | 4 | 0-06 | 4 | 1-04 | 15 | 2-23 | ||
Total | 20 | 1-32 | 5 | 0-06 | 6 | 1-07 | 31 | 2-45 |
Honours
- Patrickswell
- Limerick Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2016
- Limerick
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2018
- All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2015 (c)
- Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2015 (c)
- Awards
- The Sunday Game Team of the Year (1): 2018
References
- ↑ O'Connell, Jerome (9 January 2016). "18 new faces on Limerick hurling panel". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ↑ O'Connell, Jerome (16 June 2016). "Limerick select four debuts for Munster SHC against Tipperary". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ↑ "Fitzgibbon Cup: Byrnes points way as LIT edge out UCD". Irish Independent. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ↑ Cormican, Eoghan (14 October 2016). "Magnificent Patrickswell still pride of the parish". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ↑ "O'Sullivan sinks Cork". Irish Independent. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ↑ "Banner dig deep to see off Limerick". Irish Independent. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ↑ "Clare power and class too much for Limerick". Irish Examiner. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ↑ "Clare power and class too much for Limerick". Irish Examiner. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ↑ "Munster U21HC final: Treaty Lynch Banner". Hogan Stand. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ↑ Cormican, Eoghan (12 September 2015). "Limerick ease past Wexford to claim U21 hurling title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ↑ Hannon, Shane (23 September 2015). "The names are in - here are the Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year nominees". The 42. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ↑ "Wexford have no answer for prolific Limerick". Irish Times. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ↑ Breheny, Martin (20 June 2016). "Tipp pass the Limerick test with honours". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ↑ O'Connell, Jerome (4 July 2017). "Limerick 'fully aware' of Byrnes club hurling action hours before Kilkenny qualifier". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ↑ McGoldrick, Seán (19 August 2018). "Limerick are All Ireland hurling champions for the first time in 45 years following epic victory over Galway". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ↑ "Limerick rule in The Sunday Game team of the year". RTÉ Sport. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ↑ "All Star hurling nominees: 15 Limerick players in contention". Hogan Stand. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.