Mick Kavanagh
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(Michael) "Mick" Kavanagh (born 6 April 1979) is an Irish sportsman. He is the right corner-back on the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
Michale Kavanagh was born in Freshford, County Kilkenny in 1979. He was educated locally and currently works as a financil advisor with Royal Liver. He plays club hurling with his local St. Lachtain's Gaelic Athletic Association club. While still at school he was noted as a great hurler, winning 2 Fitzgibbon Cup medals as well as an All-Ireland Colleges medal. Kavanagh joined the Kilkenny hurling panel in 1998 winning his first Leinster Championship title. It was the first of six Leinster medals in-a-row. The following year he won his first All-Ireland medal, when Kilkenny claimed the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship.
Kavanagh won his first senior All-Ireland title in 2000 when Kilkenny defeated Offaly in one of the most one-sided All-Ireland finals in decades. In 2002 he won his first National Hurling League medal, before finishing off the year with a second All-Ireland medal. 2003 was a special year for Kavanagh as he won a second consecutive League title, as well as a third All-Ireland medal. He won his seventh and eighth Leinster medals in 2005 and 2006, before claiming his third league medal and fourth All-Ireland medal in 2006 also. Kavanagh has won two All-Star Awards in 2002 and 2003, as well as claiming three Railway Cup medals with Leinster.
| KIlkenny - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 2006 | ||
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1 J. McGarry | 2 M. Kavanagh | 3 N. Hickey | 4 J. Tyrell | 5 James Ryall | 6 J. Tennyson | 7 T. Walsh | 8 J. Fitzpatrick | 9 D. Lyng | 10 R. Power | 11 H. Shefflin | 12 E. Larkin | 13 E. Brennan | 14 M. Comerford | 15 A. Fogarty | Subs: W. O'Dwyer | R. Mulally | Manager: B. Cody |
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| Kilkenny Senior Hurling Team 2006 | ||
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1 J. McGarry | 2 M. Kavanagh | 3 N. Hickey | 4 J. Tyrell (Capt.) | 5 J. Ryall | 6 J. Tennyson | 7 T. Walsh | 8 J. 'Cha' Fitzpatrick | 9 D. Lyng | 10 R. Power | 11 H. Shefflin | 12 E. Larkin | 13 E. Brennan | 14 M. Comerford | 15 A. Fogarty | 16 P.J. Ryan | 17 B. Hogan | 18 R. Mullally | 19 S. Maher | 20 J. Dalton | 21 P.J. Delaney | 22 M. Fennelly | 23 M. Rice | 24 E. McCormack | 25 W. O'Dwyer | 26 P. Cleere | 27 A. Murphy | 28 E. Reid | 29 S. Cummins | 30 S. O'Neill | 31 R. O'Neill | 32 J.J. Delaney | 33 D. Cody | |
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