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Mikey Butler

Mikey Butler
Personal information
Irish name Mícheál de Buitléir
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-back
Born (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)
Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Occupation Farm manager
Club(s)
Years Club
O'Loughlin Gaels
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 0
Colleges(s)
Years College
Waterford Institute of Technology
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
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[1]) 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.[2] 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.[3][4] He made his Kilkenny senior hurling team debut during the 2022 National Hurling League.[5]

Career statistics

As of 20 March 2022.
Team Year National League Leinster All-Ireland Total
Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Kilkenny 2022 Division 1B 5 0-00 0 0-00 0 0-00 5 0-00
Career total 5 0-00 0 0-00 0 0-00 5 0-00

Honours

O'Loughlin Gaels
  • Kilkenny Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2019
  • Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship: 2017
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.