Michael McCarthy (Gaelic footballer)

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Mike McCarthy
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Back
Born	County Kerry, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Kilcummin
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1999–2006 2009–2010	Kerry Kerry	47 (0–1) 9 (0–0)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	5
All-Irelands	4
All Stars	3

Mike McCarthy is a Gaelic footballer who played with the Kerry senior football team and at club level with Kilcummin in County Kerry. He is a draftsman by profession.

Playing career

McCarthy won the All-Ireland U21 football championship with Kerry in 1998.^{[ citation needed ]}

He filled a gap for Kerry, who lacked a specialist full-back of true inter-county class^{[ according to whom? ]} and had deployed the half-back Séamus Moynihan in that position before McCarthy claimed the No.3 jersey.^{[ original research? ]}

McCarthy won the All-Ireland senior football championship with Kerry on four occasions, in 2000, 2004, 2006 and again in 2009. During the 2006 final against Mayo, in his final game of inter-county football, he helped contain Mayo's Conor Mortimer.^{[ citation needed ]}

McCarthy retired from inter-county football after that season but later made a "comeback" during 2009.

During his inter-county playing career, McCarthy won two NFL division one titles with Kerry in 2004 and 2006. He has three All-Stars which were awarded in 2000, 2004 and 2005.^{[ citation needed ]}

External links

Hoganstand.com - "Mike McCarthy Retires" - 17 October 2006

Kerry squads

v t e Kerry – 1998 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (9th title)
1 D. Moloney 2 M. McCarthy 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 K. Leen 5 J. Sheehan 6 T. Ó Sé 7 M. Beckett 8 T. Griffin 9 É. Fitzmaurice 10 A. Mac Gearailt 11 P. O'Sullivan 12 L. Brosnan 13 M. F. Russell 14 N. Kennelly 15 B. Scanlon (c) Subs used I. Twiss M. Burke S. Hegarty Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (32nd title)

Subs used (replay): 17 M. Fitzgerald; 20 T. Griffin

Subs used (drawn game): 17 M. Fitzgerald; 18 D. O'Dwyer

Subs not used: 16 P. O'Leary; 19 K. Burns; 21 E. Galvin; 22 M. Lyons; 23 K. Dillon; 24 S. O'Sullivan

Manager: P. Ó Sé

Selectors: J. O'Keeffe; J. O'Connor; E. O'Sullivan; E. Walsh

v t e Kerry – 2004 National Football League Champions (17th title)
1 D. Murphy 2 T. O'Sullivan 3 M. McCarthy 4 A. O'Mahony 5 T. Ó Sé (c) 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 S. Moynihan 8 W. Kirby 9 E. Brosnan 10 L. Hassett 11 D. O'Sullivan 12 Paul Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 J. Crowley 15 M. F. Russell Subs used D. Ó Cinnéide for Crowley M. Ó Sé for Galvin Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2004 All Ireland Senior Football Champions (33rd title)

Subs used: 19 S. Moynihan for L. Hassett; 17 M. F. Russell for J. Crowley; 21 R. O'Connor for D. Ó Cinnéide; 18 P. Kelly for P. Galvin; 25 B. Guiney for T. Ó Sé

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 20 M. Quirke; 22 J. Sheehan; 23 D. Quill; 24 T. Griffin; 26 S. O'Sullivan; 27 N. Kennelly; 28 J. Cronin; 29 B. Sheehan; 30 R. Ó Flatharta

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

Kerry – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist

Subs used: 17 M. F. Russell for L. Hassett; 21 Darran O'Sullivan for D. Ó Cinnéide; 18 É. Fitzmaurice for S. Moynihan; 19 B. Sheehan for P. Galvin

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 20 B. Guiney; 22 D. Quill; 23 R. O'Connor; 24 P. Kelly; 25 K. Donaghy; 26 M. Lyons; 27 M. Quirke; 28 P. Reidy; 29 T. Griffin

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

Kerry – 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist

Subs used: 17 A. Mac Gearailt for S. O'Sullivan; 19 T. O'Sullivan for M. Ó Sé; 18 J. Crowley L. Hassett; 20 B. O'Shea for D. Daly

Subs not used: 16 D. Murphy; 21 S. Scanlon; 22 D. O'Sullivan; 23 M. Lyons; 24 I. Twiss; 25 F. Kelliher; 26 D. Quill; 27 R. O'Connor; 28 M. Finn; 29 E. Galvin; 30 M. D. Cahill

Manager: P. Ó Sé
Selectors: J. O'Keeffe; J. O'Dwyer; E. O'Sullivan; E. Walsh

Kerry – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (34th title)

Subs used: 17 E. Brosnan for T. Ó Sé; 18 Darran O'Sullivan for S. O'Sullivan; 19 É. Fitzmaurice for T. Griffin; 20 B. Sheehan for M. F. Russell; 22 B. Guiney for A. O'Mahony

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 21 M. Lyons; 23 R. O'Connor; 24 P. Reidy; 25 P. O'Connor; 26 K. Young; 27 R. Hussey; 28 K. O'Leary; 29 A. Mac Gearailt; 30 A. O'Connell

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; J. Culloty

Kerry – 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (36th title)

Subs used: 18 D. Walsh for T. Kennelly; 27 K. Donaghy for Darran O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke for D. Ó Sé; 23 D. Moran for T. Walsh; 17 A. O'Mahony for K. Young

Subs not used: 16 G. Reidy; 19 B. Sheehan; 21 P. O'Connor; 22 P. Reidy; 24 A. Maher; 25 S. O'Sullivan; 26 D. Bohan; 28 A. O'Shea; 29 M. Corridan; 30 B.J. Walsh

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: É. Fitzmaurice; G. O'Keeffe

Awards

v t e 2000 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 D. O'Keeffe 2 K. McKeever 3 S. Moynihan 4 M. McCarthy 5 D. Meehan 6 K. McGeeney 7 A. Rainbow 8 A. Tohill 9 D. Ó Sé 10 M. Donnellan 11 L. Hassett 12 O. McConville 13 M. F. Russell 14 P. Joyce 15 D. Savage

v t e 2004 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 D. Murphy 2 T. O'Sullivan 3 B. Owens 4 M. McCarthy 5 T. Ó Sé ^FOTY 6 J. Nallen 7 J. Keane 8 M. McGrath 9 S. Cavanagh 10 P. Galvin 11 C. McDonald 12 D. Dolan 13 C. Cooper 14 E. Muldoon 15 M. Forde

v t e 2005 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 D. Murphy 2 R. McMenamin 3 M. McCarthy 4 A. Mallon 5 T. Ó Sé 6 C. Gormley 7 P. Jordan 8 S. Cavanagh 9 P. McGrane 10 B. Dooher 11 P. Canavan 12 O. Mulligan 13 C. Cooper 14 S. O'Neill ^FOTY 15 S. McDonnell

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