Smyth first played hurling with the Feakle-Killanena underage amalgamation.
[1][2] Smyth also played as a schoolboy with Gort Community School in the various Connacht competitions.
[3] He won an All-Ireland freshers league title with the University of Limerick in 2022.
[4] Smyth first appeared on the inter-county scene with Clare during a two-year tenure with the minor team in 2019 and 2020.
His second year on the team was curtailed due to a broken collar bone.