Mikey Butler
{{Short description|Irish hurler}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code = Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image =
| name = Mikey Butler
| irish = Mícheál de Buitléir
| fullname =
| feet = 5
| inches = 6
| occupation = Farm manager
| county = Kilkenny
| province = Leinster
| club = O'Loughlin Gaels
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| clcounty = 0
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| colleges = Waterford Institute of Technology
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| fitz = 0
| counties = Kilkenny
| icposition = Right corner-back
| icyears = 2022-
| icapps(points) = 3 (0-00)
| icprovince = 2
| icallireland = 0
| nhl = 0
| allstars = 2
| clupdate =
| icupdate = 22:28, 25 March 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|2|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kilkenny, Ireland
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Michael Butler (born 4 February 2000{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=KIlkenny player profiles|date=15 July 2022|publisher=Kilkenny People|access-date=26 July 2022|first=|last=}}) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club O'Loughlin Gaels and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a right corner-back.
Career
Butler played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the O'Loughlin Gaels club, while simultaneously lining out as a schoolboy with CBS Kilkenny. After securing minor and under-21 titles, he eventually progressed on the club's senior team and lined out in the 2021 Kilkenny SHC final defeat by Ballyhale Shamrocks.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/quickfire-goals-send-ballyhale-on-their-way-to-pulsating-victory-over-oloughlin-gaels-41027435.html|title=Quickfire goals send Ballyhale on their way to pulsating victory over O’Loughlin Gaels|publisher=Irish Independent|date=7 November 2021|accessdate=7 November 2020|first=Colm|last=Keys}} Butler first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny minor hurling team that won the Leinster MHC title in 2017, before subsequently winning a Leinster U20 title in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/kilkenny-dublin-minor-report-3474803-Jul2017/|title=Adrian Mullen, cousin of the Fennelly brothers, hits 1-9 as Cats exact revenge on Dublin|date=2 July 2017|publisher=The 42|access-date=4 December 2020|first=Kevin|last=O'Brien}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/kilkenny-wexford-u20-hurling-4729171-Jul2019/|title=Shefflin goal the difference as DJ Carey's Kilkenny land first provincial title in two years|date=17 July 2019|publisher=The 42|access-date=4 December 2020|first=Ronan|last=Fagan}} He made his Kilkenny senior hurling team debut during the 2022 National Hurling League.{{cite web|url=https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/allianz-hl-d1-kilkenny-overcome-gutsy-antrim/|title=Allianz HL D1: Kilkenny overcome gutsy Antrim|date=6 February 2022|publisher=GAA website|access-date=25 March 2022|first=|last=}}
Career statistics
{{updated|20 March 2022.}}
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| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Year !colspan="3"|National League !colspan="2"|Leinster !colspan="2"|All-Ireland !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| rowspan="1"|Kilkenny
|2022 |rowspan="1"|Division 1B | 5 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!5 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 |
Honours
;O'Loughlin Gaels
- Kilkenny Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2019
- Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship: 2017
;Kilkenny
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 2022
- Leinster Under-20 Hurling Championship: 2019
- Leinster Minor Hurling Championship: 2017
;Awards
- All-Star Award (2): 2022, 2023
- GAA-GPA Young Hurler of the Year (1): 2022
References
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{{O'Loughlin Gaels Hurling Team 2024}}
{{Kilkenny Hurling Team 2022}}
{{Kilkenny Hurling Team 2023}}
{{2022 Hurling All Stars}}
{{2023 Hurling All Stars}}
{{GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year}}
{{Kilkenny Hurling Team}}
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Category:O'Loughlin Gaels hurlers
Category:Kilkenny inter-county hurlers