Diarmuid McCarthy

Diarmuid McCarthy was an Irish Gaelic footballer, born in 1956, who played at club level with Naomh Aban and Muskerry and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team, usually lining out as a forward. At 17 he was part of the Naomh Aban adult team that won the Cork Junior Football Championship in 1973, and the club later won the Cork Intermediate Football Championship in 1977. For Cork he spent two years on the minor team, playing at centre forward when Cork beat Mayo in the 1974 All-Ireland minor final, and two years with the under 21 side. He made his senior debut in the 1982 Munster Senior Football Championship and was an unused substitute in the 1983 Munster final win over Kerry. He ended his inter-county career as captain of the Cork junior team that beat Warwickshire in the 1989 All-Ireland junior final. He died after a long illness on 9 July 2022, aged 66.