Diarmaid Byrnes
Irish hurler
Diarmaid Byrnes (born 24 February 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. Outside of hurling, he works at DHL.
Playing career
School
Diarmuid Byrnes attended secondary school at Sexton Street CBS in Limerick city where he has subsequently returned to give motivational talks to students.
University
During his studies at Limerick Institute of Technology, Byrnes was selected for the college's senior hurling team for the Fitzgibbon Cup. Byrnes went on to study Supply Chain Management at the University of Limerick in 2022.
GAA
Byrnes joined Patrickswell GAA 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.
Byrnes lined out in a second Limerick Championship final on 6 October 2019. Playing at centre-back, he scored two points, including a long-range free, and collected a second winners' medal following the 1-17 to 0-15 defeat of Na Piarsaigh.
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.
Byrnes subsequently joined the Limerick under-21 hurling team.
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