Diarmuid Cloonan

Diarmuid Cloonan
Personal information
Irish name	Diarmuid Ó Cluanáin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full Back
Born	1980 Athenry, County Galway, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Athenry
Club titles
Galway titles	2
Connacht titles	2
All-Ireland Titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2001-2007	Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	1
All Stars	0

Diarmuid Cloonan (born 1980) is an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Galway senior team.^[1]

Born in Athenry, County Galway, Cloonan first excelled at hurling whilst at school at Athenry Vocational School. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior panel for the 2001 championship. Cloonan went on to play a bit part for Galway for the next few years, and won one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up as a non-playing substitute on one occasion.^[2]

As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team at various times, Cloonan won a Railway Cup runner-up on one occasion. At club level he is a one-time All-Ireland medallist with Athenry. In addition to this he also won two Connacht medals and two championship medals.

Cloonan's retirement came following the conclusion of the 2007 championship.

His brother, Eugene, also played at all levels with Galway, and is regarded as one of the county's greatest-ever forwards.

Honours

Team

Athenry

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 2001
Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 2002, 2004
Galway Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 2002, 2004

Galway

National Hurling League (1): 2004

References

↑ "Diarmuid Cloonan". Hurling Stats website. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
↑ "Cloonan hoping for Galway return". Irish Independent. 23 November 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

Diarmuid Cloonan navigation boxes

Athenry – 2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions (3rd title)

1 M. Crimmins 2 É. Keogh 3 G. Keane 4 J. Feeney 5 B. Higgins 6 B. Feeney 7 P. Hardiman 8 B. Keogh 9 B. Hanley 10 J. Rabbitte (c) 11 P. Higgins 12 D. Moran 13 C. Moran 14 E. Cloonan 15 D. Donoghue Subs used D. Burns for C. Moran D. Cloonan for D. Donoghue D. Higgins for P. Higgins Manager P. Nally

Galway – 1997 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship runners-up

1 C. Callanan
2 E. McDonagh (c)
3 D. Cloonan
4 É. Donoghue
5 J. Cannon
6 S. Morgan
7 A. Walsh
8 N. Lawlor
9 J. Hession
10 D. Donoghue
11 D. Tierney
12 G. Hurney
13 O. Deeley
14 K. Hayes
15 C. Coen

Subs used: 18 É. Hyland for J. Hession; 21 K. Daniels for D. Tierney; 19 G. Keary for G. Hurney

Subs not used: 16 P. Gavin; 17 S. Donoghue; 20 D. Huban; 22 B. Cunningham; 23 R. Leonard; 24 D. Smyth

Galway – 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: 17 B. Higgins for D. Hardiman; 22 O. Fahy for J. Rabbiite

Subs not used: 15 D. Hayes; 16 L. Donoghue; 18 E. McDonagh; 19 D. O'Shaughnessy; 21 D. Cloonan; 23 P. Walsh; 24 D. O'Brien

Manager: N. Lane

Coach: J. Connolly
Selector: M. McNamara

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