RISE & RISE OF MICHEAL

1991

PLAYED on the 1992 All-ireland Minor winning Galway side.

2001

CAPTAINED Clarinbridge to the Galway Senior Hurling Championship.

2010

BECAME Clarinbridge manager, guiding them to their second ever county title defeating Loughrea in the 2010 final and going on to win the 2011 All Ireland Club title beating O’loughlin Gaels.

2014

GETS his first taste of the county management scene after taking a job with the Tipperary backroom team as a statistics man from 2014 to 2015.

2015

SUCCEEDS Anthony Cunningham as Galway manager. Relegated to Division 1B for 2017. Lost the Leinster final to Kilkenny having lost a three point lead at half-time.

Won the 2017 National Hurling League after a 3-21 to 0-14 win against Tipperary in the final.