Fergal Healy

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Fergal Healy
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Fergal Healy in action for Craughwell in 2013
Personal information
Irish name Feargall Ó hÉilí
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born (1977-09-21) 21 September 1977 (age 46)
Craughwell,
County Galway, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Occupation Process engineer
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Craughwell
Club titles
Galway titles 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
 University of Limerick
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1997–2009
 Galway
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 2
All Stars 0

Fergal Healy (born 21 September 1977) is an Irish former hurler and manager. At club level he played with Craughwell, and also lined out at inter-county level with various Galway teams.

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Playing career

Born in Craughwell, County Galway, Healy first played hurling as a student at Loughrea Vocational School. He was part of the school's team that won the All-Ireland Vocational Schools JHC title after a defeat of Killenaule VS in 1994. As a member of the Galway vocational team, Healy won three consecutive All-Ireland titles.

Healy first played for the Craughwell club at juvenile and underage levels. He lined out in under-14 and under-16 finals before helping the club to an under-21 title in 1997. Healy was part of the Craughwell intermediate team that lost Galway IHC finals in 1996 and 1998. [1]

Healy first appeared on the inter-county scene with Galway during a three-year tenure with the minor team. After losing the All-Ireland minor final to Kilkenny in 1993, he claimed a winners' medal a year later after a defeat of Cork. [2] Healy later spent three years with the under-21 team, winning an All-Ireland medal in 1996 before losing consecutive finals to Cork. [3]

As a member of Galway's junior team, Healy was at left wing-forward when Galway beat Kilkenny in the 1996 All-Ireland junior final. He later won an All-Ireland IHC medal as Kilkenny were once again beaten in 1999. [4] By that stage Healy had already joined the senior team, however, it took a few years before he became a regular member of the team. He won a National League medal in 2000 before lining out in Galway's defeat by Tipperary in the 2001 All-Ireland final. [5]

Healy claimed a second league title in 2004 but was again denied an All-Ireland medal when Cork beat Galway in the 2005 All-Ireland final. [6] In spite of this, he won a Railway Cup medal with Connacht in 2004. [7] Healy continued to line out with Galway until 2009. [8]

Coaching career

Healy had been involved in coaching at all levels with Craughwell, including a spell as senior team manager in 2019. That year he also served as a selector with the Galway minor team that won the All-Ireland MHC title. [9] Healy was later promoted to senior team selector before being appointed Galway minor team manager in December 2021. [10]

Honours

Player

Loughrea Vocational School
Galway
Munster

Management

Galway

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References

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  2. ↑ "'It was the first taste of playing in Croke Park' - Galway legend Ollie Canning on the importance of minor hurling". Irish Independent. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "U21 hurling history a welcome addition to shelves". Irish Independent. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Galway profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Breheny, Martin (10 September 2001). "All-Ireland final: Tipperary 2–18; Galway 2–15". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  6. ↑ O'Sullivan, Jim (12 September 2005). "Confidence and craft carry the day". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Connacht coast home". Irish Times. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  8. ↑ Games, Gaelic (27 November 2009). "Galway boss McIntyre leaves squad door open". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  9. ↑ "Electric Ireland MHC Final: Impressive Galway triumph". GAA website. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Joe Canning named on Galway minor management team". Irish Examiner. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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