Patrick Kirby (born 1985) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played with Knockainey and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.
Career.
Kirby played hurling at all grades as a student at John the Baptist Community School in Hospital. He later transferred to St Colman's college in Fermoy and won back-to-back Dr Harty Cup titles in 2002 and 2003. Kirby also won an All-Ireland Colleges SHC medal following an 0-11 to 2-04 win over St Kieran's College in the 2002 All-Ireland colleges final.
At club level, Kirby first played for Knockainey as a dual player in the juvenile and underage grades, before progressing to adult level. At just 16-years-old, he wa spart of the team when Knockainey claimed the Limerick IHC title in 2001 after a 2-13 to 1-09 win over Mungret in a final replay.
Kirby first appeared on the inter-county scene with Limerick during a three-year tenure with the minor team. He was just 17 and in his second year of the minor grade when he was drafted onto the Limerick under-21 team in 2002. Kirby won a Munster U21HC medal that year before later collecting an All-Ireland U21HC medal after the 3-17 to 0-08 win over Galway in the 2002 All-Ireland under-21 final. He made his senior team debut in 2003 and made a number of appearances before leaving the panel in 2006.