Micheál Burns

Micheál Burns
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right wing-forward
Born Killarney,
County Kerry, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
 Dr Crokes
Club titles
Kerry titles 3
Munster titles 2
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2018–2024
 Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 5
All-Irelands 1
NFL 3
All Stars 0

Micheál Burns (born 1996)[citation needed] is an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he plays with Dr Crokes, and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.

Career

Burns first played Gaelic football to a high standard as a schoolboy at St Brendan's College in Killarney.[1] He began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with Dr Crokes and won a Kerry MFC medal in 2014.[2] Burns later progressed to adult level and won three successive Kerry SFC medals from 2016 to 2018.[3][4] Two of these wins were converted into Munster Club SFC titles before claiming an All-Ireland Club SFC medal after a defeat of Slaughtneil in the 2017 final.[5]

Burns first appeared on the inter-county scene with Kerry as a member of the minor team that beat Donegal in the 2014 All-Ireland minor final.[6] A three-year association with the under-21 team yielded a Munster U21FC medal in 2017.[7]

After his under-21 tenure came to an end, Burns was drafted onto the senior team in 2018. He won the first of five Munster SFC medals in six seasons that year.[8] Burns won an All-Ireland SFC medal after coming on as a substitute for Stephen O'Brien following a defeat of Galway in the 2022 final.[9]

Burns "stepped away" from the Kerry county panel in early 2024, citing a lack of "game time".[10] Shortly after his exit from the Kerry panel, he travelled to Australia and joined up with Wolfe Tones, a Melbourne GAA club.[citation needed]

Honours

Dr Crokes
Kerry

References

  1. ^ "Kerry stars inspire Brendan's comeback". Irish Examiner. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Crokes minors see off East Kerry to reach final". The Kerryman. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Murphy's Crokes switch gets the green light". The Kerryman. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  4. ^ Keys, Colm (30 October 2018). "Dr Crokes gave me a second chance, I was gone - Murphy". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ McGoldrick, Seán (17 March 2017). "Dr Crokes win All-Ireland after seeing off 14 man Slaughtneil". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Forward class helps Kerry to first minor title in 20 years". Irish Independent. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Kerry end Munster U21 football title wait in style with emphatic 16-point win over Cork". The 42. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Powerful Kingdom make a statement". Irish Independent. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  9. ^ Crowe, Dermot (24 July 2022). "Sam Maguire on way back to Kingdom as Kerry squeeze Galway out in final quarter to win All-Ireland SFC". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  10. ^ https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0212/1431942-micheal-burns-withdraws-from-kerry-panel/