Diarmuid Stritch
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| Born | 2005 (age 20–21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diarmuid Stritch (born 2005) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Clonlara and at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team.
Stritch was educated at Ardscoil Rís in Limerick and played hurling at all levels during his time as a student there. He lost finals in the Dean Ryan Cup and Dr Harty Cup competitions, before winning a Dr Croke Cup medal in 2022 after a 1–17 to 0–15 win over St Kieran's College in the All-Ireland PPS SAHC final.[1][2][3][4]
Stritch later studied at the University of Limerick (UL) and was part of the hurling team that won the All-Ireland freshers' title in 2025.[5] He won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal the following year when Ul had a 13-point win over Mary Immaculate College in the final.[6]
At club level, Stritch first played for the Clonlara club at juvenile and underage levels before progressing to adult level. He won a Clare SHC medal in his debut season in 2023, after a 3–18 to 2–16 win over Crusheen in the final.[7]
Stritch first played for Clare during a two-year tenure with the minor team in 2021 and 2022.[8] He immediatley progressed to the under-20 team but ended his underage career, having lost three provincial finals in five years.[9] Stritch was drafted onto the senior team in April 2025.[10] He made his debut during the 2026 National Hurling League.[11]