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Patrick Kirby (born 1985) is an Irish former hurler. At club level,he played with Knockainey and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.
Kirby played hurling at all grades as a student at John the Baptist Community School in Hospital. He later transferred to St Colman's college in Fermoy and won back-to-back Dr Harty Cup titles in 2002 and 2003. [1] [2] Kirby also won an All-Ireland Colleges SHC medal following an 0–11 to 2–4 win over St Kieran's College in the 2002 All-Ireland colleges final. [3]
At club level,Kirby first played for Knockainey as a dual player in the juvenile and underage grades,before progressing to adult level. At just 16-years-old,he wasp art of the team when Knockainey claimed the Limerick IHC title in 2001 after a 2–13 to 1–9 win over Mungret in a final replay. [4] [5]
Kirby first appeared on the inter-county scene with Limerick during a three-year tenure with the minor team. [6] He was just 17 and in his second year of the minor grade when he was drafted onto the Limerick under-21 team in 2002. Kirby won a Munster U21HC medal that year before later collecting an All-Ireland U21HC medal after the 3–17 to 0–8 win over Galway in the 2002 All-Ireland under-21 final. [7] He made his senior team debut in 2003 and made a number of appearances before leaving the panel in 2006. [8] [9]