Daryl "Dil" Kavanagh (born 11 August 1986) is an Irish footballer who last played for Drogheda United in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
After a "bedding-in" season he established himself in the Blues first team with a series of skilful displays from midfield.
A serious leg injury curtailed his development, but he returned to Premier Division action with Cobh Ramblers in July 2008.
He signed for St Patrick's Athletic in January 2011 after performing well at the FIFPro Winter tournament,[5] taking the number 7 shirt previously worn by David McAllister, who left the Saints in the same month to join Sheffield United.
Kavanagh scored his first goal for the Saints in a 2–0 win over Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds in the Leinster Senior Cup on 14 March 2011.
[10] He scored the vital second goal in a 2–0 win over Dundalk in a huge match in the 2013 League of Ireland title run in.
[3] Kavanagh spent 6 days in prison on remand for attempted robbery with a fake gun.