Diarmaid FitzGerald

Diarmaid Fitzgerald
Personal information
Irish name	Diarmaid Mac Gearailt
Sport	Hurling
Born	(1983-02-18) 18 February 1983
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Roscrea
Inter-county titles
All Stars	none

Diarmaid Fitzgerald (born 18 February 1983) is an Irish sportsman. He is a former member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.

Dr.Diarmaid Fitzgerald was born in Roscrea, County Tipperary in 1983. He was educated in Roscrea and went on to study physiotherapy from which he became a phD graduate from University College Dublin. With UCD, FitzGerald has won a Freshers All-Ireland in 2002 and a Walsh Cup medal in 2004. He also has two Dublin Senior Hurling medals, won in 2004 and 2005. FitzGerald plays club hurling with his native Roscrea where he has won two North Tipperary Minor Hurling medals in 1999 and 2000, and a North Tipperary Senior medal in 2004. He captained the Tipperary minor hurlers to munster final glory in 2001 against a highly fancied Cork side on a blistering hot day in Pairc Ui Chaoimh. He then also captained the same bunch of players to more success in 2004 under 21 munster hurling championship. FitzGerald made his competitive debut at wing-back for Tipperary against Offaly in the 2004 National Hurling League. He made his championship debut against Waterford in 2004. Diarmaid won the RTE man of the match in Tipperary’s extra time replay victory over Limerick in May 2005.

Tipperary - 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Champions (37th title)

1 B. Cummins 2 É. Buckley 3 P. Curran 4 C. O'Brien 5 É. Corcoran 6 C. O'Mahony 7 S. Maher 8 J. Woodlock 9 S. McGrath 10 P. Kerwick 11 S. Callanan 12 J. O'Brien 13 E. Kelly (Playing Capt.) 14 L. Corbett 15 S. Butler Subs D. Fanning for Curran M. Webster for Kerwick H. Maloney for Butler B. Dunne for Woodlock Subs not used G. Kennedy P. Bourke A. Byrne D. Egan D. FitzGerald P. Kelly R. O'Dwyer P. Ormond (Capt.) W. Ryan P. Stapleton T. Stapleton D. Gleeson Manager L. Sheedy Trainer C. O'Neill

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

Tipperary - 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 B. Cummins 2 P. Stapleton 3 P. Maher 4 P. Curran 5 D. Fanning 6 C. O'Mahony (vc) 7 B. Maher 8 J. Woodlock 9 S. McGrath 10 P. Kerwick 11 S. Callanan 12 J. O'Brien 13 N. McGrath 14 E. Kelly 15 L. Corbett Subs used 19 B. Dunne for J. O'Brien 28 W. Ryan (c) for P. Kerwick 30 M. Webster for J. Woodlock Subs not used 16 D. Gleeson 17 É. Buckley 18 J. Devane 20 D. FitzGerald 21 S. Hennessy 22 P. Kelly 23 P. Maher 24 S. Maher 25 H. Maloney 26 C. O'Brien 27 G. Ryan 29 T. Stapleton Manager L. Sheedy Coach E. O'Shea Selector M. Ryan Trainer C. O'Neill

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

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Diarmaid FitzGerald

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