Mike Galligan is an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 retired sportsperson. He played hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 and Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 with his local club Claughaun

Claughaun GAA

Claughaun GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in St. Brigid's parish on the southside of Limerick City, Ireland. The club was founded in 1902, and boasts one of the proudest of traditions of success within Limerick GAA. Claughaun have won the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship...

 and was a member of the Limerick

Limerick GAA

The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick...

 senior inter-county hurling team from 1989 until 2000. The Claughaun man, who has featured on Limerick teams over the past 12 years, was at the peak of his career in the mid-1990s. He helped Limerick to All-Ireland finals in 1994 and 1996, winning a pair of Munster

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

The Munster GAA Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1888 for the top hurling teams in the province of Munster in Ireland....

 championships along the way. He won National Hurling League

National Hurling League

The National Hurling League is an annual hurling competition between the county teams of Ireland. Contested by 35 teams , it operates on a system of promotion and relegation between four different divisions, with Division One...

medals in 1992 and 1997.