Jim Dermody
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Séamus Ó Diarmada | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born |
1 September 1898 Three Castles, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Died |
9 February 1975 (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.
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.
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.