Mick Nolan (Gaelic footballer)

Michael Nolan is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois, Ireland, who plays for the Portlaoise club and plays as a goalkeeper for Laois. In 2003 he was part of the Laois squad that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship for the first time since 1946. He emerged in 2000 as part of the Laois minor team, and in 2002 and 2003 he was part of the Laois under-21 team. In 2006 he opted off the Laois senior squad as understudy to the first-choice goalkeeper, Fergal Byron, but 2007 saw his return to the squad under a new manager.