Diarmaid Blake
Irish Gaelic footballer
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Diarmaid Blake is a Gaelic footballer from Galway. Blake plays his club football with Milltown and was a former member of the Galway senior team.
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blake came to prominence as a student for St. Jarlath’s College of Tuam, playing in two Hogan Cup finals, however, appearing on the losing side both times in 1999 and 2001. He captured his All-Ireland winner’s medal as a part of the Galway 2002 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship winning team.[1][2]
Blake’s senior career with Galway took off as he started at centre back in four consecutive Connacht finals between 2006 and 2009 and a National Football League final against Kerry in 2006. He was also nominated for an All Star Award during this period.
Honours
- Connacht Colleges Senior Football Championship : (3) 1999, 2000, 2001
- Connacht Under-21 Football Championship : (1) 2002
- Runner-up : (1) 2003
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship : (1) 2002
- Connacht Senior Football Championship : (4) 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008
- Runner-up : (3) 2006, 2007, 2009
