Darragh McCarthy
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| Born | August 2005 (age 20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Darragh McCarthy (born August 2005)[1] is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Toomevara and at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team.
Born and raised in Toomevara, County Tipperary, McCarthy played hurling at all levels as a student at St Joseph's CBS in Nenagh.[2] He made his Harty Cup debut during the 2021–22 running of the competition.[3] McCarthy spent three seasons as the team's free-taker before captaining St Joseph's CBS to their maiden Harty Cup title after a one-point win over Ardscoil Rís in 2024.[4] He later earned a scholarship to the University of Limerick (UL) and won a Freshers 1 League title in 2024.[5] McCarthy was the team's top scorer when University of Limerick beat Mary Immaculate College by 4–31 to 3–21 to win the Fitzgibbon Cup title in 2026.[6]
Club career
At club level, McCarthy first played for Toomevara at juvenile and underage levels. He won consecutive North Tipperary U19AHC titles in 2023 and 2024.[7][8] McCarthy also joined the club's senior team in 2023 and was the overall top scorer when Toomevara were beaten by Loughmore–Castleiney in the 2024 SHC final.[9]
Inter-county career
McCarthy was just 16 when he first appeared on the inter-county scene with Tipperary as an impact sub with the minor team in 2022. He won a Munster MHC medal that season, before later scoring a point from a free in the 1–17 to 1–16 win over Offaly in the 2022 All-Ireland MHC final.[10]
McCarthy subsequently spent three consecutive seasons with the under-21 team after immediately progressing to that grade from minor. He was Tipperary's top scorer in 2024, in a season which saw him win his first Munster U20HC before a 2–20 to 2–14 defeat by Offaly in the 2024 All-Ireland U20HC final.[11] In his third and final season in the grade, McCarthy was again Tipperary's top scorer as he claimed a second consecutive Munster U20HC medal. His last game in the grade saw him win an All-Ireland U20HC medal after a 3–19 to 1–16 win over Kilkenny.[12]
Performances at school, club and inter-county underage levels resulted in a call-up to the senior team's training panel in December 2024.[13][14] He scored 1–06 on his debut in a National Hurling League defeat of Galway in January 2025.[15] McCarthy was the league's top scorer but ended the campaign with a 3–24 to 0–23 defeat by Cork in the final.[16] The subsequent championship campaign saw him being sent off after receiving a straight red card for striking Seán O'Donoghue in the first minute of the game against Cork.[17] He was again sent off in the All-Ireland semi-final for a second yellow card offence on Kilkenny goalkeeper Eoin Murphy.[18] McCarthy won an All-Ireland SHC medal in July 2025, after scoring 1–13, including a penalty, in the 3–27 to 1–18 win over Cork in the 2025 All-Ireland SHC final.[19]