Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Mícheál Caomhánach | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right corner-back | ||
Born |
Freshford, County Kilkenny, Ireland | 6 April 1979||
Height | 99 ft 11 in (30.45 m) | ||
Nickname | Mick | ||
Occupation | Business man | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
St Lachtain's | |||
Club titles | |||
Kilkenny titles | 0 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
Waterford Institute of Technology | |||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1998–2012 | Kilkenny | 48 (0-1)[1] | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 10 | ||
All-Irelands | 8 | ||
NHL | 5 | ||
All Stars | 4 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:07, 8 January 2015. |
Michael John Kavanagh (born 6 April 2001) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right corner-back at senior level for the Kilkenny county team.[2]
Born in Freshford, County Kilkenny, Kavanagh first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St Kieran's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior team during the 1998 championship. Kavanagh immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won seven All-Ireland medals, ten Leinster medals and five National League medals on the field of play. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Kavanagh won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he is an All-Ireland medallist with St Lachtain's in the intermediate grade. In addition to this he has also won a set of Leinster and championship medals.
Throughout his career Kavanagh made 48 championship appearances. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 9 February 2012.[3][4][5]
In 2002 Kavanagh won the first of four All-Star awards. He was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll. That same year Kavanagh was chosen on the Leinster team of the past twenty-five years.[6][7]
In retirement from playing Kavanagh became involved in team management and coaching. In 2015 he was appointed trainer to the Wicklow senior team.[8]
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