Darragh Fitzgibbon (born 1 April 1997) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Charleville and at inter-county level he is the captain of the Cork senior hurling team. Fitzgibbon usually lines out at midfield.
Born and raised in Charleville, County Cork, Fitzgibbon received his secondary education at Charleville CBS. He played hurling in all different age-groups with the school, including lining out in the Dr Harty Cup. Fitzgibbon later studied at University College Cork (UCC) and earned selection to the university's hurling team. He won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal in 2019, after scoring a point in the 2âÂÂ21 to 0âÂÂ13 win over Mary Immaculate College in the final. Fitzgibbon claimed a second successive winners' medal in 2020, after a one-point win iver Institute of Technology, Carlow. He ended the campaign by being named on the Team of the Year.
Fitzgibbon first played hurling, and Gaelic football, at underage levels with the Charleville club. He won consecutive North Cork U21AHC titles and was at midfield when the club's under-21 football team beat Duarigle Gaels to win the Cork U21BFC title in 2018.
By that stage, Fitzgibbon had already made his adult level debut, after lining out in a six-point win over Milford in the Cork IHC in June 2014. Charleville later incurred a one-point defeat by Fermoy in the final. Charleville qualified for a second successive final a year later, with Fitzgibbon claiming a winners' medal after scoring 1âÂÂ09 in the 5âÂÂ24 to 1âÂÂ10 win over Dripsey.
Three years later, Fitzgibbon was Charleville's top scorer overall when the club beat Courcey Rovers in a replay to win the Cork PIHC title. This was followed by a Munster Club IHC title, before defeat for Charleville by Oranmore-Maree in the 2019 All-Ireland Club IHC final.
Fitzgibbon was the championship's top scorer with 2âÂÂ51, when Charleville won the inaugural Cork SAHC title in 2020, after a 3âÂÂ12 to 1âÂÂ14 win over Fr O'Neill's in the final. As a Gaelic footballer, Fitzgibbon won a North Cork JAFC medal after Charleville's 0âÂÂ18 to 0âÂÂ13 win over Liscarroll/Churchtown Gaels in 2025.
Fitzgibbon first played for Cork as a member of the minor team during their unsuccessful Munster MHC campaign in 2015. He immediately made the step up the under-21 team, making his first appearance for the team in a seven-point defeat by Limerick in June 2016. After another unsuccessful campaign the following year, Fitzgibbon won a Munster U21HC medal in July 2018, in spite of leaving the field injured in Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final. Cork were later beaten by Tipperary in the 2018 All-Ireland U21HC final, in what was his last game in the grade. Fitzgibbon was later nominated for the Team of the Year.
After being earlier added to the pre-season training panel, Fitzgibbon made his senior team debut in a National Hurling League defeat of Clare in February 2017. His first Munster SHC start came in a 2âÂÂ27 to 1âÂÂ26 win over Tipperary in May 2017. Fitzgibbon subsequently claimed his first provincial medal, after lining ot at midfield in Cork's 1-25 to 1-20 defeat of Clare in the 2017 Munster SHC final. He ended the season by receiving his first All-Star nomination.
Fitzgibbon won a second consecutive Munster SHC medal in July 2018, following a second consecutive 2-24 to 3-19 defeat of Clare in the final. His performances throughout the season earned him his first All-Star award and a Young Hurler of the Year nomination. Fitzgibbon lined out at midfield in Cork's 3-32 to 1-22 defeat by Limerick in the 2021 All-Ireland SHC final. He received further All-Star nominations in 2022 and 2023.
Fitzgibbon lined out at midfield in Cork's 3-28 to 1-34 extra-time defeat by Clare in the 2024 All-Ireland SHC final. He ended the season by winning his second All-Star award, as well as being a GAA/GPA Hurler of the Year nominee. Fitzgibbon claimed his first national silverware in April 2025 when Cork won the National Hurling League title following a 3âÂÂ24 to 0âÂÂ23 win over Tipperary in the final. Later that season, he won his third Munster SHC medal after a penalty shootout defeat of Limerick in the 2025 Munster SHC final. Fitzgibbon was again at midfield for the 3-27 to 1-18 defeat by Tipperary in the 2025 All-Ireland SHC final, in what was a second consecutive defeat in the final and a third defeat in five seasons. He ended the season, once again, by claiming a third All-Star award.
Fitzgibbon succeeded Robert Downey as team captain in January 2026.
Fitzgibbon's father is former Milford and Cork hurler Mossy Fitzgibbon, and his mother is Ita OâÂÂKeeffe, who played camogie with Castletown-Ballyagran. He is the maternal cousin of Richie English.