Paddy Smyth (born 1998) is an Irish hurler who plays for Dublin Championship club Clontarf and at inter-county level with the

Dublin senior hurling team The Dublin county hurling team represents Dublin in hurling and is governed by Dublin GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling ...

. He usually lines out as a corner-back.

Career

A member of the Clontarf club, Smyth first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as

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of the Dublin minor team that won the 2016 Leinster Championship. He subsequently lined out with the Dublin under-21 team as well as with DCU Dóchas Éireann in the

Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered ...

. Smyth was just out of the minor grade when he was added to the

, making his debut during the 2017 league.

Career statistics

Honours

;Dublin *

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Ass ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

References

External links

Paddy Smyth profile
at the Dublin GAA website {{DEFAULTSORT:Smyth, Paddy 1998 births Living people Clontarf Gaelic footballers Dublin inter-county hurlers