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Micheál Burns (born 1996) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he plays with Dr Crokes, and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.

Career

Burns first played Gaelic football to a high standard as a schoolboy at St Brendan's College in Killarney. He began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with Dr Crokes and won a Kerry MFC medal in 2014. Burns later progressed to adult level and won three successive Kerry SFC medals from 2016 to 2018. Two of these wins were converted into Munster Club SFC titles before claiming an All-Ireland Club SFC medal after a defeat of Slaughtneil in the 2017 final.

Burns first appeared on the inter-county scene with Kerry as a member of the minor team that beat Donegal in the 2014 All-Ireland minor final. A three-year association with the under-21 team yielded a Munster U21FC medal in 2017.

After his under-21 tenure came to an end, Burns was drafted onto the senior team in 2018. He won the first of five Munster SFC medals in six seasons that year. Burns won an All-Ireland SFC medal after coming on as a substitute for Stephen O'Brien following a defeat of Galway in the 2022 final.

Burns "stepped away" from the Kerry county panel in early 2024, citing a lack of "game time". Shortly after his exit from the Kerry panel, he travelled to Australia and joined up with Wolfe Tones, a Melbourne GAA club.

Honours

Dr Crokes

• All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship: 2017
• Munster Senior Club Football Championship: 2016, 2018
• Kerry Senior Football Championship: 2016, 2017, 2018

Kerry

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 2022
• Munster Senior Football Championship: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
• National Football League: 2020, 2021, 2022
• Munster Under-21 Football Championship: 2017
• All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 2014
• Munster Minor Football Championship: 2013, 2014

References

1. "Kerry stars inspire Brendan's comeback". Irish Examiner. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
2. "Crokes minors see off East Kerry to reach final". The Kerryman. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
3. "Murphy's Crokes switch gets the green light". The Kerryman. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
4. Keys, Colm (30 October 2018). "Dr Crokes gave me a second chance, I was gone - Murphy". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
5. McGoldrick, Seán (17 March 2017). "Dr Crokes win All-Ireland after seeing off 14 man Slaughtneil". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
6. "Forward class helps Kerry to first minor title in 20 years". Irish Independent. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
7. "Kerry end Munster U21 football title wait in style with emphatic 16-point win over Cork". The 42. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
8. "Powerful Kingdom make a statement". Irish Independent. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
9. Crowe, Dermot (24 July 2022). "Sam Maguire on way back to Kingdom as Kerry squeeze Galway out in final quarter to win All-Ireland SFC". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
10. https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0212/1431942-micheal-burns-withdraws-from-kerry-panel/

External link

• Micheál Burns profile at the Terrace Talk website

• 1996 births
• Living people
• Dr Crokes Gaelic footballers
• Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers