Diarmuid O'Keeffe

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Diarmuid O'Keeffe
Personal information
Irish name Diarmuid Ó Caoimh
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 32)
Rathangan,
County Wexford, Ireland
Nickname Dee
Occupation Secondary school teacher
Club(s)
YearsClub
 St Anne's Rathangan
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Wexford titles 2 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
 University of Limerick
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2012-2024
 Wexford 46 (4-41)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 1

Diarmuid O'Keeffe (born 2 January 1992) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with St Anne's Rathangan and at inter-county level he is a former member of the Wexford senior hurling team. O'Keeffe usually lines out as a midfielder. [1]

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Club career

O'Keeffe began his club career as a dual player at juvenile and underage levels with the St Anne's Rathangan club. He won a Wexford U21HC title in 2011, by which time he had progressed to adult level in both codes.

O'Keeffe had his first success at adult level in 2012 when he won a Wexford SFC medal following St Anne's Rathangan 2-14 to 0-08 defeat of Castletown in the final. [2] He claimed a second SFC winners' medal two years later when Gusserane were beaten in the final by 1-06 to 0-08. [3] As a club hurler, O'Keeffe won a Wexford IHC title in 2017 following a 2-10 to 1-12 defeat of Crossabeg–Ballymurn in the final. [4]

A Wexford IFC title followed for O'Keeffe in 2020, when St Anne's Rathanagan beat Ferns St Aidan's by two points. [5] He has failed to add a Wexford SHC medal to his collection after losing three finals between 2019 and 2024. [6]

Inter-county career

O'Keeffe began his inter-county career with Wexford as a 16-year-old member of the minor team in 2008. He spent three seasons in that grade but had little in terms of success after losing consecutive Leinster finals [7] O'Keeffe immediately progressed to the under-21 team and made his debut in that grade in 2011. [8] [9] He was appointed captain of Wexford's under-21 football team in 2013, while he was also a member of the extended panel of the under-21 hurling team that year that claimed the Leinster U21HC after a 1-21 to 0-21 defeat of Kilkenny. [10]

O'Keeffe made his senior team debut in February 2012 when he lined out at centre-forward in a 3-18 to 2-15 National League defeat by Antrim. [11] He claimed his first senior silverware in 2018 when Wexford won the Walsh Cup after a free-taking shoot-out defeat of Kilkenny. [12] O'Keeffe added a Leinster SHC medal to his collection when Wexford claimed the provincial title for the first time in 15 years after a 1-23 to 0-23 defeat of Kilkenny in the 2019 Leinster final. [13] His performance for the team earned him the GAA/GPA Player of the Month award for hurling for June 2019, while he was also included on the GAA/GPA All-Star team at the end of the season. [14] [15]

O'Keeffe retired from inter-county hurling on 22 November 2024. [16] [17]

Personal life

O'Keeffe works as a secondary school teacher in St. Peter's College in Dunboyne, County Meath. [18] His father-in-law, Jarlath Burns, is an Ulster SFC-winner with Armagh who became President of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2024. O'Keeffe's brother-in-law, Jarly Óg Burns, won an All-Ireland SFC medal with Armagh in 2024. [19]

Career statistics

TeamYear National League Leinster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Wexford 2012 Division 1 51-0400-0021-0272-06
201300-0000-0000-0000-00
201460-1120-0140-06120-18
201560-0820-0010-0090-08
201640-0210-0030-0280-04
201772-0731-0310-02113-12
201860-0740-0320-02120-12
201960-0850-0910-02120-19
202031-0410-0010-0051-04
202150-0520-0311-0081-08
202261-0651-0410-01122-11
202330-0040-01—70-01
202400-0000-0000-0000-00
Total575-62292-24172-171039-103

Honours

St Anne's Rathangan
Wexford
Awards

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