Michael Tierney (Gaelic footballer)

Michael John Tierney, known as MJ, is a Gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland who usually plays in attack for Laois. In 2003 he was part of the Laois team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title for the first time since 1997, and the same year he played at full forward for St Mary's CBS Portlaoise, who won the South Leinster and Leinster schools titles before losing the All-Ireland final to St Louis, Kilkeel, County Down. He was crowned junior footballer of the year and sportsman of the year at the school. In 2004 he was part of the minor team that won the Leinster Minor Football Championship, and in 2006 and 2007 he was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Under-21 Football Championship. At club level he lines out as a forward with Ballyroan Abbey and in 2006 was named Laois Senior Footballer of the Year after inspiring Ballyroan Gaels to the Laois Senior Football Championship.