Michael John Kavanagh was born on 6 April 1979 and is an Irish former hurler who played as a right corner-back at senior level for the Kilkenny county team.
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18 Facts About Michael Kavanagh
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Michael Kavanagh arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team, before later joining the under-21 side.
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Michael Kavanagh joined the senior team during the 1998 championship.
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Michael Kavanagh immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won seven All-Ireland medals, ten Leinster medals and five National League medals on the field of play.
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Michael Kavanagh announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 9 February 2012.
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Michael Kavanagh was chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
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That same year Michael Kavanagh was chosen on the Leinster team of the past twenty-five years.
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Michael Kavanagh lined out in a second successive Fitzgibbon Cup decider in 2000.
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Michael Kavanagh first played for Kilkenny in 1995 when he joined the minor side.
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Michael Kavanagh was just out of the minor grade when he joined the Kilkenny senior team in 1999.
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On 8 September 2002 Michael Kavanagh lined out in his fourth All-Ireland decider as Kilkenny faced first-round losers Clare.
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In 2010 Michael Kavanagh was dropped from the Kilkenny starting fifteen he remained on the extended panel.
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Michael Kavanagh remained on the Kilkenny panel for the 2011 championship.
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Michael Kavanagh played no part in the game he collected his eighth All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute.
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Four years later Michael Kavanagh made it onto the starting fifteen as Leinster faced their age-old rivals Munster in the championship decider.
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Michael Kavanagh was captain of the team in 2003 as Leinster faced Connacht in the final.
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On 27 January 2015, it was announced that Michael Kavanagh had joined the Wicklow senior hurling team management as trainer.
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Michael Kavanagh subsequently completed a degree at the Waterford Institute of Technology, before later becoming a financial adviser.
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