Fergal Healy

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Fergal Healy

Fergal Healy in action for Craughwell in 2013
Personal information
Irish name	Feargall Ó hÉilí
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	(1977-09-21) 21 September 1977 (age 44) Craughwell, County Galway
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Occupation	Process Engineer
Club(s)
Years	Club
1993-	Craughwell
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2000-2009	Galway	? (4-30)
Inter-county titles
NHL	2

Fergal Healy (born 21 September 1977 in Craughwell, County Galway) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Craughwell and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team from 1997-2009.^[1]

Playing career[]

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Club[]

Healy played his club hurling with his local club in Craughwell. He started to play with the club when he was seven years-old and went on to play in county under-14 and under-16 finals before helping the club to an historic under-21 county championship breakthrough in the mid-1990s.^[tone] Healy, however, has never won a senior county title with his club.^{[original research?]}

Inter-county[]

Healy came to prominence on the inter-county scene with Galway at an early age. As a member of the county's under-14 team he captured a Tony Forrestal Cup winners' medal in the early 1990s. Healy was later chosen on the Galway under-16 team, with whom he collected a Nenagh Co-Op title.

Healy subsequently became a member of the Galway minor team. In 1993, Galway qualified for the All-Ireland final, however, Healy was not a member of the starting fifteen. He did enter the field of play as a substitute, however, Galway were defeated by Kilkenny on that occasion. In 1994, Galway were back in the All-Ireland minor final once again, with Healy lining out on the half-forward line. Cork provided the opposition on this occasion, and Galway emerged victorious by 2-10 to 1-11. It was Healy's first All-Ireland medal. Healy played with the Galway minor again in 1995, however, the team's championship involvement ended at the semi-final stage.

In 1996 Healy was eligible to play with the Galway under-21 hurling team. That year the county reached the All-Ireland final in that grade. Wexford were the opponents in that game, over whom Galway had a 1-14 to 0-7 victory. It was Healy's first All-Ireland medal in the under-21 grade. In 1997, Galway qualified for the All-Ireland final once again. This time Cork provided the opposition and it was Cork who claimed the victory at the full-time whistle. 1998 saw Healy line out in a third consecutive All-Ireland under-21 final. Cork were the opponents once again, and it was Cork who emerged victorious by 2-15 to 2-10.^{[citation needed]}

1996 also saw Healy have success with the Galway junior hurling team. That year Healy's county reached the All-Ireland final in that competition. Kilkenny provided the opposition on that occasion, however, it was Galway who took a 1-14 2-9. This gave Healy an All-Ireland title at junior level.^{[citation needed]}

Healy made his competitive debut with the Galway senior hurling team in 1997. It took him a few years, however, before he established himself on the championship team.^{[original research?]}

In 1999 Galway qualified for the final of the National Hurling League competition. Tipperary provided the opposition on that occasion, and it was Tipperary who emerged victorious by 1-14 to 1-10. 1999 also saw Healy win with the Galway intermediate hurling team. That year Healy's county reached the All-Ireland final in that competition. Kilkenny provided the opposition on that occasion, with Galway winning 3-13 to 2-10. This gave Healy an All-Ireland title at intermediate level.

2000 saw Galway reach the National League final for a second year in-a-row. Tipperary were the opponents once again. Galway won 2-18 to 2-13, giving Healy his first major title at senior level. Later that same year Healy made his senior championship debut in an All-Ireland quarter-final against Tipperary. Galway recorded a victory on that occasion.^{[citation needed]} Galway were defeated by Kilkenny in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final.

In 2001, Galway reached the All-Ireland final. Tipperary were the opponents, and Healy had a good game in the forward line.^{[citation needed]} He scored a goal for Galway and hit the post twice, however, Mark O'Leary's two goals gave Tipp the threshold to withstand a Galway fight-back.^{[original research?]} At the full-time whistle Tipp were the victors by 2-18 to 2-15.

Galway went through a barren spell following this appearance in the championship decider.^{[original research?]} In 2005 Galway beat Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final to book a spot in the All-Ireland final with Cork. A Ben O'Connor goal in the sixteenth minute paved the way for a Cork victory, in spite of a Damien Hayes goal reducing the deficit to one point. Galway failed to score in the last ten minutes as Cork recorded a 1-21 to 1-16 victory.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006 and 2007 Kilkenny defeated Galway in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. In 2008 Healy's side failed to beat fourteen-man Cork, thus not even reaching the All-Ireland quarter-final.^{[citation needed]}

Provincial[]

Healy has also lined out with Connacht in the inter-provincial competition. He won a Railway Cup winners' medal in 2004 as Connacht defeated Munster in the final.

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