James Dermody (1 September 1898 – 9 February 1975) was an Irish hurler. His league and championship career as a goalkeeper with the Kilkenny senior team lasted several years between 1922 and 1934.[1]

Jim Dermody
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Ó Diarmada
Sport Hurling
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1898-09-01)1 September 1898
Three Castles, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died 9 February 1975(1975-02-09) (aged 76)
Liverpool, England
Club(s)
Years Club
Threecastles
Tullaroan
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1922-1934
Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 4
All-Irelands 2
NHL 1

Born in Three Castles, County Kilkenny, Dermody first played hurling with the local Threecastles club. After a period playing for the Kilkenny club in New York, he returned to Ireland and joined the Tullaroan club with whom he won a county championship medal in 1930.[citation needed]

Dermody first played for Kilkenny as a replacement for the absent Mark McDonald in 1922. He lined out for the team in the earlier rounds of the championship, winning a Leinster medal, but missed the subsequent All-Ireland victory. After almost a decade away from the inter-county scene, Dermody returned as first-choice Kilkenny goalkeeper in 1931. Over the course of the following four seasons he won two All-Ireland medals and three further Leinster medals.[citation needed]

As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Dermody won back-to-back Railway Cup medals in 1932, as captain, and 1933. He had earlier represented the United States team in the 1928 Tailteann Games.[citation needed]

Honours

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Tullaroan
Kilkenny
Leinster

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary: Jim Dermody". Finbarr Connolly website. Retrieved 29 May 2018.