- Diarmuid Marsden
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Diarmuid Marsden Personal information Sport Gaelic football Position Forward Club(s) Years Club 1980s-2000s Clan na Gael CLG Club Titles Armagh titles 2 Inter-county(ies) Years County 1993-2007 Armagh Inter-county titles Ulster titles 6 All Irelands 1 NFL 1 All Stars 1 Diarmuid Marsden (born in Lurgan, County Armagh) is an Irish Gaelic football player. He played football with his local club Clan na Gael in Armagh with whom he won Armagh Senior Football Championships in 1993 & 1994. 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 their first and (as of 2011) 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 a Ulster Minor Football Championship in 1992 and also played in that year’s All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final but lost out to Meath.
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Armagh - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 2002 (1st title) 1 B. Tierney | 2 E. McNulty | 3 J. McNulty | 4 F. Bellew | 5 A. O'Rourke | 6 K. McGeeney (c) | 7 A. McCann | 8 J. Toal | 9 P. McGrane | 10 P. McKeever | 11 J. McEntee | 12 O. McConville | 13 S. McDonnell | 14 R. Clarke | 15 D. Marsden |
Subs used: B. O'Hagan for J. McEntee | T. McEntee for P. McKeever |
Manager: J. KernanArmagh - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 2003 1 P. Hearty | 2 F. Bellew | 3 E. McNulty | 4 A. Mallon | 5 A. O'Rourke | 6 K. McGeeney | 7 A. McCann | 8 P. Loughran | 9 P. McGrane | 10 R. Clarke | 11 J. McEntee | 12 O. McConville | 13 S. McDonnell | 14 D. Marsden | 15 T. McEntee |
Subs used: P. McKeever for D. Marsden | K. Hughes for A. Mallon | D. Marsden for A. Mallon | B. O'Hagan for J. McEntee |
Manager: J. Kernan1999 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 K. O'Dwyer | 2 M. O'Reilly | 3 D. Fay | 4 A. Lynch | 5 C. O'Sullivan | 6 K. McGeeney | 7 P. Reynolds | 8 J. McDermott | 9 C. Whelan |
10 D. Marsden | 11 T. GilesFOTY | 12 J. Horan | 13 P. Clifford | 14 G. Geraghty | 15 O. MurphyCategories:- Living people
- People from Lurgan
- Armagh Gaelic footballers
- Clan na Gael CLG Gaelic footballers
- Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)
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