Darragh Stakelum
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| Born | 2003 (age 22–23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Darragh Stakelum (born 2003) is an Irish hurler. At club level, he plays with Thurles Sarsfields and at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team.
Stakelum played hurling at all grades, including the Dr Harty Cup, during his time as a student at Thurles CBS.[1] He later became a regular player with University College Cork in the Fitzgibbon Cup.[2] At club level, Stakleum has lined out at senior level with the Thurles Sarsfields hurlers since 2021, however, as a Gaelic footballer, he won a Tipperary IFC medal in 2025.[3]
At inter-county level, Stakelum first played for Tipperary as a member of the minor team in 2020. He later spent three consecutive seasons with the under-20 team, but ended his underage career without silverware. Stakelum made his senior team debut against Dublin in the 2024 National Hurling League.[4] He won an All-Ireland SHC medal after coming on as a substitute for his brother, Conor Stakelum, in the 3–27 to 1–18 win over Cork in the 2025 All-Ireland SHC final.[5]
Personal life
His father, Conor Stakelum, was part of Tipperary's All-Ireland SHC–winning team in 1991.[6]