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Diarmuid O'Keeffe
Diarmuid O'Keeffe (born 2 January 1992) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with St Anne's Rathangan and at inter-county level he is a former member of the Wexford senior hurling team. O'Keeffe usually lines out as a midfielder.[1] Club careerO'Keeffe began his club career as a dual player at juvenile and underage levels with the St Anne's Rathangan club. He won a Wexford U21HC title in 2011, by which time he had progressed to adult level in both codes. O'Keeffe had his first success at adult level in 2012 when he won a Wexford SFC medal following St Anne's Rathangan 2-14 to 0-08 defeat of Castletown in the final.[2] He claimed a second SFC winners' medal two years later when Gusserane were beaten in the final by 1-06 to 0-08.[3] As a club hurler, O'Keeffe won a Wexford IHC title in 2017 following a 2-10 to 1-12 defeat of Crossabeg–Ballymurn in the final.[4] A Wexford IFC title followed for O'Keeffe in 2020, when St Anne's Rathanagan beat Ferns St Aidan's by two points.[5] He has failed to add a Wexford SHC medal to his collection after losing three finals between 2019 and 2024.[6] Inter-county careerO'Keeffe began his inter-county career with Wexford as a 16-year-old member of the minor team in 2008. He spent three seasons in that grade but had little in terms of success after losing consecutive Leinster finals[7] O'Keeffe immediately progressed to the under-21 team and made his debut in that grade in 2011.[8][9] He was appointed captain of Wexford's under-21 football team in 2013, while he was also a member of the extended panel of the under-21 hurling team that year that claimed the Leinster U21HC after a 1-21 to 0-21 defeat of Kilkenny.[10] O'Keeffe made his senior team debut in February 2012 when he lined out at centre-forward in a 3-18 to 2-15 National League defeat by Antrim.[11] He claimed his first senior silverware in 2018 when Wexford won the Walsh Cup after a free-taking shoot-out defeat of Kilkenny.[12] O'Keeffe added a Leinster SHC medal to his collection when Wexford claimed the provincial title for the first time in 15 years after a 1-23 to 0-23 defeat of Kilkenny in the 2019 Leinster final.[13] His performance for the team earned him the GAA/GPA Player of the Month award for hurling for June 2019, while he was also included on the GAA/GPA All-Star team at the end of the season.[14][15] O'Keeffe retired from inter-county hurling on 22 November 2024.[16][17] Personal lifeO'Keeffe works as a secondary school teacher in St. Peter's College in Dunboyne, County Meath.[18] His father-in-law, Jarlath Burns, is an Ulster SFC-winner with Armagh who became President of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2024. O'Keeffe's brother-in-law, Jarly Óg Burns, won an All-Ireland SFC medal with Armagh in 2024.[19] Career statistics
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