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| Born | 1993 (age 32–33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Primary school teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right wing-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:27,21 June 2025. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Reidy (born 1993) is an Irish hurler who plays for Limerick Intermediate Championship club Dromin-Athlacca and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a right wing-forward.
During his studies at Mary Immaculate College,Reidy was selected for the college's senior hurling team during his second year. On 27 February 2016,he won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal when Mary Immaculate College won their first ever title after a 1-30 to 3-22 defeat of the University of Limerick. [1]
Reidy joined the Dromin-Athlacca club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before eventually joining the club's top adult team in the Limerick Intermediate Championship.[ citation needed ]
On 15 October 2013,Reidy lined out at centre-forward when Dromin-Athlacca faced Knockaderry in the Limerick Intermediate Championship final. He scored 1-02,including a point from a free,and collected a winners' medal following a 2-18 to 1-15 victory. [2]
On 27 October 2018,Reidy lined out in a second Limerick Intermediate Championship final. He top scored for Dromin-Athlacca with 0-09 and collected a second winners' medal following a 2-15 to 0-14 defeat of Croom. [3]
Reidy first played for Limerick as a member of the minor team during the 2011 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance for the team on 27 April 2011 when he lined out at right wing-forward in a 2-14 to 0-12 defeat of Cork. [4]
Reidy was drafted onto the Limerick under-21 team for the 2013 Munster Championship. He made his only appearance in the grade on 31 May 2013 when he scored a point from left wing-forward in a 2-18 to 2-11 defeat by Tipperary. [5]
Reidy was just 19-year-old when he was added to the Limerick panel for the 2013 National League. [6] On 14 July 2013,he won a Munster Championship medal as a non-playing substitute following a 0-24 to 0-15 defeat of Cork in the Munster final. [7]
On 23 February 2014,Reidy made his first appearance for the Limerick senior team when he came on as a 21st-minute substitute for Donal O'Grady and scored a goal in a 3-26 to 0-12 defeat of Antrim in the National League. [8] On 3 July 2014,he was an unused substitute when Limerick suffered a 2-24 to 0-24 defeat by Cork in the Munster final. [9]
In January 2017,Reidy transferred to the Kildare senior hurling team. [10] He made his first appearance for the team on 12 February 2017 and scored 0-06 in a 1-18 to 1-15 defeat of Armagh in the National League. [11] Reidy ended the league as Kildare's top scorer with 2-42 in five games. He was also top scorer in Kildare's Christy Ring Cup campaign with 0-24.
In November 2017,it was announced that Reidy was returning to the Limerick senior hurling team. [12] On 19 August 2018,he was an unused substitute when Limerick won their first All-Ireland title in 45 years after a 3-16 to 2-18 defeat of Galway in the final. [13]
On 31 March 2019,Reidy was a member of the extended panel but failed to make the match-day panel when Limerick defeated Waterford by 1-24 to 0-19 to win the National League title. [14] On 30 June 2019,he won a second Munster Championship medal after coming on as a substitute for Tom Morrissey in Limerick's 2-26 to 2-14 defeat of Tipperary in the final. [15]
| Team | Year | National League | Ring Cup | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Limerick | 2013 | Division 1B | 0 | 0-00 | — | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| 2014 | 5 | 1-05 | — | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 1-05 | ||||
| 2015 | 6 | 2-11 | — | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 7 | 2-11 | ||||
| 2016 | 4 | 0-05 | — | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | 5 | 0-06 | ||||
| Kildare | 2017 | Division 2A | 5 | 2-42 | 2 | 0-24 | — | — | 7 | 2-66 | |||
| Limerick | 2018 | Division 1B | 7 | 0-15 | — | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | 8 | 0-16 | ||
| 2019 | Division 1A | 1 | 0-00 | — | 3 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-01 | 5 | 0-02 | |||
| 2020 | 6 | 0-16 | — | 3 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-17 | ||||
| 2021 | 2 | 0-15 | - | 2 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-01 | 6 | 0-18 | ||||
| 2022 | 5 | 0-06 | - | 6 | 0-09 | 2 | 0-03 | 13 | 0-18 | ||||
| 2023 | 2 | 0-08 | - | 5 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-03 | 9 | 0-14 | ||||
| 2024 | 4 | 0-07 | - | 5 | 0-08 | 1 | 0-03 | 10 | 0-18 | ||||
| 2025 | 5 | 0-14 | - | 5 | 0-04 | 1 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-18 | ||||
| 2026 | 4 | 0-03 | - | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-03 | ||||
| Career total | 56 | 5-147 | 2 | 0-24 | 30 | 0-27 | 13 | 0-13 | 100 | 5-208 | |||