Diarmaid Blake

{{short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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Diarmaid Blake is a Gaelic footballer from Galway. Blake plays his club football with Milltown and was a former member of the Galway senior team.

Blake came to prominence as a student for St. Jarlath’s College of Tuam, playing in two Hogan Cup finals, however, appearing on the losing side both times in 1999 and 2001. He captured his All-Ireland winner’s medal as a part of the Galway 2002 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship winning team.{{Cite web |url=http://football.galwaygaa.ie/playerProfile/1552/l |title=Galway GAA Official Website |access-date=2011-10-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709160120/http://football.galwaygaa.ie/playerProfile/1552/l |archive-date=2012-07-09 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://m.gaainfo.com/player.php?&sport=f&co=12&player=635 |title=Diarmuid Blake, Galway GAA | Player Profile |access-date=2011-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405200008/http://m.gaainfo.com/player.php?&sport=f&co=12&player=635 |archive-date=2012-04-05 |url-status=dead }}

Blake’s senior career with Galway took off as he started at centre back in four consecutive Connacht finals between 2006 and 2009 and a National Football League final against Kerry in 2006. He was also nominated for an All Star Award during this period.