Mikey Butler

Mikey Butler
Personal information
Native name
Mícheál de Buitléir (Irish)
Born (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 26)
Kilkenny, Ireland
OccupationFarm manager
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sport
SportHurling
PositionRight corner-back
Club
Years Club
 O'Loughlin Gaels
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 0
College
Years College
 Waterford Institute of Technology
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county*
Years County Apps (scores)
2022-
 Kilkenny 3 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:28, 25 March 2022.

Michael Butler (born 4 February 2000) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club O'Loughlin Gaels and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a right corner-back.

Career

Butler played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the O'Loughlin Gaels club, while simultaneously lining out as a schoolboy with CBS Kilkenny. After securing minor and under-21 titles, he eventually progressed on the club's senior team and lined out in the 2021 Kilkenny SHC final defeat by Ballyhale Shamrocks. Butler first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny minor hurling team that won the Leinster MHC title in 2017, before subsequently winning a Leinster U20 title in 2019. He made his Kilkenny senior hurling team debut during the 2022 National Hurling League.

Career statistics

As of 20 March 2022.
Team Year National League Leinster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Kilkenny 2022 Division 1B 50-0000-0000-0050-00
Career total 50-0000-0000-0050-00

Honours

O'Loughlin Gaels
Kilkenny
Awards

References

  1. ↑ "KIlkenny player profiles". Kilkenny People. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Keys, Colm (7 November 2021). "Quickfire goals send Ballyhale on their way to pulsating victory over O'Loughlin Gaels". Irish Independent. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. ↑ O'Brien, Kevin (2 July 2017). "Adrian Mullen, cousin of the Fennelly brothers, hits 1-9 as Cats exact revenge on Dublin". The 42. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Fagan, Ronan (17 July 2019). "Shefflin goal the difference as DJ Carey's Kilkenny land first provincial title in two years". The 42. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Allianz HL D1: Kilkenny overcome gutsy Antrim". GAA website. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.