Mícheál Ó Cróinín

Mícheál Ó Cróinín, born in 1977 in Baile Bhúirne, County Cork, is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer and current sports broadcaster whose league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned seven seasons from 1999 to 2005. He was introduced to Gaelic football by his father, a former chairman of the local club, and began as a centre-back with the Naomh Abán under-21 team before progressing to the senior team, with whom he won a county intermediate championship medal. While studying at University College Cork he won a set of Munster and county senior championship medals in 1999. He debuted for the Cork minor team at sixteen, enjoyed two championship seasons there, joined the under-21 side and ended his underage career with championship success before making his senior debut during the 1998-99 league.