Bride Rovers
Michael Kearney
| Name | Michael Kearney |
| Date Of Birth | 11/7/1989 |
| Height | 14st 5lbs |
| Weight | 6'2" |
| Honours Won | U12 County championships, U15 Imokilly hurling County medal, Junior A football East Cork, Junior B hurling East Cork, minor football league medal, various underage east corks in both hurling and football at U12,U13, U14, U15 and U16. |
| Occupation | Clerical Officer in the Civil Service. |
| When/Where did you first play hurling? | Probably in the garden with my father. And then my first game was under 6’s in the pitch. I think I was 4. |
| Best Advice Given | Never give up, keep going until the very end… The fitter you are the better you are. |
| What skill is the most important? | First touch in hurling, Running with the ball at pace in football. |
| Anything you'd change about the game? | 2 points for a side line cut over the bar. |
| Best memory as a player? | Winning the Junior B East Cork final, senior game v Castlelyons, scoring a goal against Carrigtwohill in 2013 and the whole season in 2008 where I made my debut in senior, reaching to the final in my first year starting was a dream come true. |
| Best GAA memory outside of playing? | 2003 Intermediate hurling final. What a game. That David Burke goal in injury time against Cloyne 2012.(It’s nearly the only thing I remember from that game) |
| Best Hurler you have ever seen | Sean Cavanagh in football, Iarla Tannian in hurling. Two power houses with great stamina in the game. |
| Favourite Sport besides Hurling | Soccer |
| If there was a transfer market, who would you buy for Bride Rovers? | Joe Canning |
| Toughest opponent? | Padraig Murphy, his side step got me every time in training matches. |
| When I was a child, I wanted to be... | Big... (Unfortunately I exceeded that, now I want to be skinny) |
| You may not know it but I’m actually good at? | Remembering storylines of TV shows and plots of films. |
| Best invention ever | External Harddrives (So many films and TV shows) |
| In 10 years time I hope to be | Lighter (or at least the same weight) and happy… Hopefully still able to play a bit too. |
