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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Diarmuid Mac Cárthaigh | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Right wing-forward | ||
Born |
1956 Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland | ||
Died |
9 July 2022 (aged 66) Ballymakeera, County Cork, Ireland | ||
Occupation | Publican | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Naomh Abán → Muskerry | |||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1982–1983 | Cork | 5 (1-04) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 1 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:53, 30 June 2017. |
Diarmuid McCarthy (1956 – 9 July 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Naomh Abán and Muskerry and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. He usually lined out as a forward.
McCarthy first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with Naomh Abán. He was just 17-years-old when he was part of the club's adult team that won the Cork JFC title in 1973 before later winning a Cork IFC title in 1977.[1] His performances at club level also earned inclusion on the Muskerry divisional team.
McCarthy first appeared on the inter-county scene during a two-year tenure with the Cork minor football team.[2] He was at centre-forward when Cork beat Mayo in the 1974 All-Ireland minor final.[3] He also spent two years with the Cork under-21 team.[4] McCarthy made his senior team debut during the 1982 Munster SFC. He was an unused substitute for Cork's defeat of Kerry in the 1983 Munster final.[5] McCarthy ended his inter-county career as captain of the Cork junior football team that beat Warwickshire in the 1989 All-Ireland junior final.[6]
McCarthy died after a long illness on 9 July 2022, aged 66.[7]