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| Born | 24 February 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | DHL Global Forwarding Executive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right wing-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23:08,30 October 2026. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. [1] [2] Outside of hurling,he works at DHL.
Diarmuid Byrnes attended secondary school at Sexton Street CBS in Limerick city where he has subsequently returned to give motivational talks to students. [3]
During his studies at Limerick Institute of Technology,Byrnes was selected for the college's senior hurling team for the Fitzgibbon Cup. [4] Byrnes went on to study Supply Chain Management at the University of Limerick in 2022. [5]
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. [6]
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. [7]
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. [8] [9]
Byrnes subsequently joined the Limerick under-21 hurling team. He made his first appearance on 4 June 2014,however,he was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in a 2–20 to 1–14 defeat by Clare. [10]
In his second season with the team Byrnes won a Munster Championship medal after a 0–22 to 0–19 win over Clare in the final. [11] [12] On 12 September 2015,Byrnes was at right wing-back when Limerick defeated Wexford by0-26 to 1–07 in the All-Ireland final. [13] He ended the season by being named on the Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year. [14]
Byrnes made his first appearance for the Limerick senior hurling team on 13 February 2016 in a 2–23 to 0–15 defeat of Wexford in the National Hurling League. [15] Later that season he made his first championship appearance in a 3–12 to 1–16 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster Championship. [16]
In April 2017,Byrnes sustained a knee injury which rules him out of the championship. [17]
On 19 August 2018,Byrnes scored a point from right wing-back when Limerick won their first All-Ireland title in 45 years after a 3–16 to 2–18 defeat of Galway in the final. [18] Later that day he was named on The Sunday Game Team of the Year. [19] Byrnes ended the season by being nominated for an All-Star Award. [20]
On 31 March 2019,Byrnes was selected at left wing-back for Limerick's National League final meeting with Waterford at Croke Park. He collected a winners' medal following the 1–24 to 0–19 victory. [21] On 30 June 2019,Byrnes won a Munster Championship medal after scoring three long-range frees from right wing-back in Limerick's 2–26 to 2–14 defeat of Tipperary in the final. [22]
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Limerick | 2016 | Division 1B | 7 | 0-16 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-03 | 10 | 0-19 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-03 | ||
| 2018 | 7 | 1-13 | 4 | 0-06 | 4 | 1-04 | 15 | 2-23 | ||
| 2019 | Division 1A | 8 | 0-20 | 4 | 0-09 | 1 | 0-02 | 13 | 0-31 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0-06 | 3 | 0-08 | 2 | 0-04 | 10 | 0-18 | ||
| 2021 | 3 | 0-05 | 2 | 0-07 | 2 | 0-07 | 7 | 0-19 | ||
| 2022 | 5 | 0-15 | 5 | 0-25 | 2 | 0-11 | 12 | 0-51 | ||
| 2023 | 4 | 0-17 | 5 | 1-16 | 2 | 0-11 | 11 | 1-45 | ||
| 2024 | 6 | 0-11 | 5 | 1-11 | 1 | 0-03 | 12 | 1-25 | ||
| 2025 | 4 | 0-13 | 5 | 0-10 | 1 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-23 | ||
| 2026 | 7 | 0-11 | 5 | 3-11 | 2 | 0-07 | 14 | 3-29 | ||
| Career total | 62 | 1-130 | 39 | 5-103 | 19 | 1-52 | 120 | 7-287 | ||