Peter Darby

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (1938–2022)}}

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| name = Peter Darby

| irish = Peadar Mac Diarmada

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| birth_place = Trim, County Meath, Ireland

| birth_date = 1938

| death_place = Navan, County Meath, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2022|12|18|df=y|84}}

| feet = 5

| inches = 10

| occupation = Sales rep

| county = Meath

| province = Leinster

| club = Trim

| clubs = Trim

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| clcountyh = 5

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| counties = Meath

| icposition= Left corner-back

| icyears = 1958-1968

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Peter J. Darby (1938{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} – 18 December 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played at club level with Trim and at inter-county level with the Meath senior teams. He usually lined out as a defender.

Playing career

Darby enjoyed a hugely successful club career as a dual player with Trim. In 1962 he captained the team from full-back to their only Keegan Cup triumph, while he also won five Meath SHC titles.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/sport/gaa/67-hero-enters-the-hall-of-fame-36398224.html|title='67 hero enters the Hall of Fame|publisher=Drogheda Independent|date=16 December 2017|access-date=18 December 2021|first=|last=}} After a period with the Meath minor team, Darby made his senior team debut as a 19-year-old against Dublin in 1958. He was one of the key figures on the team that made a breakthrough and won the Leinster Championship in 1964. Darby was at left corner-back for the All-Ireland final defeat by Galway. He was named captain of the team the following year and was again at left corner-back when Meath beat Cork in the 1967 All-Ireland final.{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/county/meath/article/index/275437|title=The Men of '67: Peter Darby|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=7 September 2017|access-date=18 December 2021|first=|last=}}

Post playing career

In retirement from playing Darby served as chairman of the Trim club, was a Meath senior selector and an officer of the Meath County Board. He was inducted into the Meath GAA Hall of Fame in December 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2017/12/15/peter-darby-a-popular-recipient-of-meath-gaa-hall-of-fame-accolade/|title=Peter Darby a popular recipient of Meath GAA Hall of Fame accolade|publisher=The Meath Chronicle|date=15 December 2017|access-date=18 December 2021|first=|last=}}

Darby died on 18 December 2022, at the age of 84.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/all-ireland-winning-meath-captain-peter-darby-has-died-42229935.html|title=All-Ireland-winning Meath captain Peter Darby has died|publisher=Irish Independent|date=19 December 2022|access-date=19 December 2022}}