Damien Martin (born 2 October 1946) is an Irish former hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Offaly senior hurling team.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team at various times, Martin won three Railway Cup medals.
St Rynagh's later faced Roscrea in the inaugural All-Ireland final, however, Martin's side were defeated by 4–5 to 2–5.
St Rynagh's retained the title in 1982 with Martin securing a remarkable twelfth championship medal.
Martin finished off his club hurling career in 1987 when he captured his thirteenth championship medal following a defeat of Seir Kieran.
[2] Martin first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Offaly minor hurling team in the early 1960s.
In spite of this, Martin's skill as a goalkeeper was recognised when he took the number one spot on the inaugural All-Star team.
Reigning All-Ireland champions provided the opposition, however, a remarkable 3–17 to 5–10 victory gave Martin his first Leinster medal.
Offaly's dream season came to an end with a defeat by eventual champions Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.
After fourteen minutes Pat Carroll scored the opening goal of the game for Offaly, however, neither side built up a strong lead.
Straight after the interval goalkeeper Damien Martin was doing great work when he batted out an almost certain Galway goal.
With just over twenty minutes left in the game Galway led by six points, however, the team failed to score for the rest of the match.
It was a first All-Ireland medal for Martin[3] After suffering back-to-back Leinster final defeats to Kilkenny, Offaly triumphed once again in 1984.
[4] Martin returned as first-choice goalkeeper again in 1986 as Offaly lined out in an impressive seventh Leinster decider in-a-row.