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Michael O'Halloran (Clare hurler)

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Michael O'Halloran
Personal information
Irish name Mícheál Ó hAllúráin
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-back
Born 1971
Sixmilebridge, County Clare, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nickname Holla[1]
Occupation Sales rep
Club(s)
Years Club
Sixmilebridge
Mallow
Club titles
Clare titles 3
Munster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1994-1999
Clare
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 2
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Michael O'Halloran (born 1971) is an Irish former hurler who played for Clare SHC club Sixmilebridge and at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a corner-back.

Career

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O'Halloran first came to hurling prominence as a schoolboy with St. Patrick's Comprehensive School in Shannon. He was a substitute on the school team that was beaten by St. Flannan's College in the final of the Harty Cup in 1989.[2] O'Halloran simultaneously progressed through the various grades at club level with Sixmilebridge before eventually joining the senior team. He was at right corner-back when the club won the All-Ireland Club Championship in 1996.[3] O'Halloran first appeared on the inter-county scene when he earned a call-up to the Clare under-21 hurling team in 1992, however, he left the panel before the start of the championship. He returned to inter-county activity as a member of the senior team under Ger Loughnane in 1994. Over the following four seasons he was part of two All-Ireland Championship-winning teams and also claimed three Munster Championship medals.[4] O'Halloran left the Clare panel during the 1999 National League.

Honours

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Sixmilebridge
Clare

References

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  1. ^ "4 Bridge Men nominated for Clare's Greatest Hurling team from 1990 to 2020". Sixmilebridge GAA website. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Harty Cup team of the millennium". Irish Times. 11 March 2000. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Reeling in the years - 1996 All Ireland Champions". Sixmilebridge GAA website. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ^ "20 years ago today the Clare hurlers won a famous Munster title...but where are they now?". The 42. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2021.