Diarmuid Lyng
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Nickname | Gizzy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1981 (age 44–45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Primary school teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diarmuid Lyng (born 1981 in Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling and Gaelic football with his local club St Martin's and was a member of the Wexford senior county hurling team between 2004 and 2013.[1]
Club
Lyng's nickname "Gizzy" was acquired in his childhood and is a reference to the character Gizmo from the movie Gremlins.[2] A graduate of Froebel College of Education, Lyng has worked as a primary school teacher.
Lyng plays both hurling and Gaelic football with his local club St Martin's in Piercestown.
In 1999, Lyng was still a member of the club's minor team when he made his senior debut as a seventeen-year-old. He was a non-playing substitute when St Martin's defeated Rathnure by two points to win the club's first county championship.
After losing a final in the meantime, St Martin's were back in the championship decider in 2008. A 1–13 to 1–8 defeat of Oulart–The Ballagh gave Lyng his first county title on the field of play.[3]
He later joined Kerry side Tralee Parnells.[citation needed]
Inter-county
Lyng first came to prominence with Wexford as a member of the county's minor team in 1999. He had little success in this grade, losing a Leinster MHC decider to Kilkenny. He later joined the Wexford under-21 team, winning back-to-back Leinster U21HC titles in 2001 and 2002.[citation needed]
Lyng made his senior debut for Wexford in a National Hurling League game against Kilkenny in 2004. He remained on the fringes of the team and was a non-playing substitute when Wexford won a Leinster SHC title. He made his championship debut later that year when he came on as a substitute against Cork in the All-Ireland SHC semi-final.[4]
By 2005 Lyng was a regular on the Wexford starting fifteen; however, the Slanysliders had to play second fiddle to Kilkenny in the provincial championship. Lyng lined out in four consecutive Leinster SHC finals; however, Kilkenny won all four of them.[citation needed]
In 2009, Lyng was appointed Wexford captain. He retained that position in 2010 and guided the team to a National League Division 2 title following a defeat of Clare.[5]
Inter-provincial
Lyng lined out with Leinster on a number of occasions in the inter-provincial series. He won two Railway Cup medals in 2006 and 2009.