Diarmuid Cloonan

Irish hurler

Diarmuid CloonanPersonal information

Irish name|  Diarmuid Ó Cluanáin
Sport|  Hurling
Position|  Full Back
Born|  1980
Athenry, County Galway, Ireland
Club(s)
Years|  Club

1998-2011

|  Athenry
Club titles
Galway titles|  5
Connacht titles|  5
All-Ireland Titles|  2
Inter-county(ies)
Years|  County

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]

## Biography

[edit]

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

[edit]

### Team

[edit]

Athenry

* All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 2000, 2001
* Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship (5): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004
* Galway Senior Club Hurling Championship (5): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004

Galway

* National Hurling League (1): 2004

## References

[edit]

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.

Diarmuid Cloonan navigation boxes

* v
* t
* e

Athenry – 2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Champions (3rd title)

* 1 M. Crimmins
* 2 É. Keogh
* 3 G. Keane
* 4 J. Feeney
* 5 B. Higgins
* 6 B. Feeney
* 7 P. Hardiman
* 8 B. Keogh
* 9 B. Hanley
* 10 J. Rabbitte (c)
* 11 P. Higgins
* 12 D. Moran
* 13 C. Moran
* 14 E. Cloonan
* 15 D. Donoghue

Subs used
D. Burns for C. Moran
D. Cloonan for D. Donoghue
D. Higgins for P. Higgins

Manager
P. Nally

* v
* t
* e

Galway – 1997 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship runners-up

* 1 C. Callanan
* 2 E. McDonagh (c)
* 3 D. Cloonan
* 4 É. Donoghue
* 5 J. Cannon
* 6 S. Morgan
* 7 A. Walsh
* 8 N. Lawlor
* 9 J. Hession
* 10 D. Donoghue
* 11 D. Tierney
* 12 G. Hurney
* 13 O. Deeley
* 14 K. Hayes
* 15 C. Coen

Subs used
18 É. Hyland for J. Hession
21 K. Daniels for D. Tierney
19 G. Keary for G. Hurney

Subs not used
16 P. Gavin
17 S. Donoghue
20 D. Huban
22 B. Cunningham
23 R. Leonard
24 D. Smyth

* v
* t
* e

Galway – 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

* 1 M. Crimmins
* 2 G. Kennedy
* 3 M. Healy
* 4 O. Canning
* 5 D. Hardiman
* 6 L. Hodgins (c)
* 7 C. Moore
* 8 D. Tierney
* 9 R. Murray
* 10 J. Rabbitte
* 11 M. Kerins
* 12 K. Broderick
* 13 A. Kerins
* 14 E. Cloonan
* 20 F. Healy

Subs used
17 B. Higgins for D. Hardiman
22 O. Fahy for J. Rabbiite

Subs not used
15 D. Hayes
16 L. Donoghue
18 E. McDonagh
19 D. O'Shaughnessy
21 D. Cloonan
23 P. Walsh
24 D. O'Brien

Manager
N. Lane

Coach
J. Connolly
Selector
M. McNamara
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template