Diarmaid Marsden
Diarmaid Marsden (born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland) is a Gaelic football player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1980s-2000s | Clan na Gael | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Armagh titles | 2 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| Queens University Belfast | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1993-2007 | Armagh | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Playing career
Marsden was a member of the Armagh senior football team from 1993 until 2007. This was a very successful time for Armagh. He was part of the team to bring Armagh their first and only All-Ireland title in 2002. Marsden also played in the 2003 final, in which he was sent off. He also won six Ulster Senior Football Championships in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006. Marsden also won an All Star in 1999 when Armagh made it to the All Ireland semi final for the first time since 1982.
Before joining the senior team, he won an Ulster Minor Football Championship in 1992 and also played in that year’s All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final but lost out to Meath.
In 2000 he was captain of the Queens University Belfast team that won the Sigerson Cup.
He played football with his local club Clan na Gael in Armagh with whom he won Armagh Senior Football Championships in 1993 and 1994.