NAME: Michael McCarthy DATE OF BIRTH: 8/5/65 HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: O'Donovan Rossa COUNTY: Cork HONOURS: Two All-Ireland Senior; three All-Ireland Under 21s in a row; one Junior All-Ireland; three Munster Senior; three Munster Under 21; one Munster Minor; various College medals and club medals FAMOUS RELATIONS: Uncle Paddy Burns, played senior with Mayo INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: versus Limerick, Munster Championship, 1988, Skibbereen PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT: South of Ireland Petroleum (West Cork) TOUGHEST OPPONENT: No one in particular FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Semple Stadium SPORTING AMBITION: To enjoy sport as long as possible DO YOU PLAY ANY OTHER SPORTS: Golf and badminton BOYHOOD HEROES: Dinny Allen and Jimmy Barry Murphy (Cork) FAVOURITE PLAYER AT PRESENT: Dave Barry (Cork) BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: Dermot O'Donovan (Skibbereen), Billy Morgan (Cork) DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Ticket allocation for players in All-ireland is to small WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Bring umpires and linesmen into the game more BEST GAME SEEN: Dublin v Kerry 1977 BEST GAME PLAYED IN: All-Ireland Under 21, 3-in-a-row game with Cork v Offaly ADVICE FOR YOUNG PLAYER: For all young players to enjoy sport as much as they can for as long as they can HOPES FOR 1991: To bring county senior cup to Skibbereen as captain this year. Also to help Cork in their bid for 3-in-a-row Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 17th May 1991 Vol 1 No 9 Tweet

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