Diarmuid Cloonan

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Diarmuid Cloonan
Personal information
Irish name Diarmuid Ó Cluanáin
Sport Hurling
Position Full Back
Born 1980
Athenry, County Galway, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
1998-2011
 Athenry
Club titles
Galway titles 5
Connacht titles 5
All-Ireland Titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
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]

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Biography

Born in Athenry, County Galway, Cloonan first played competitive 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 two-time All-Ireland medallist with Athenry. In addition to this he also won four Connacht medals and four championship medals.[ citation needed ]

Cloonan's retirement came following the conclusion of the 2007 championship.[ citation needed ]

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

Honours

Team

Athenry
Galway

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References

  1. ↑ "Diarmuid Cloonan". Hurling Stats website. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cloonan hoping for Galway return". Irish Independent. 23 November 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
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