| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Ó Ciarba | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born | 1985 Knockainey, County Limerick, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Sales rep | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Knockainey | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Limerick titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2003-2006 | Limerick | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
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]