Colm Galvin

Colm Galvin

Personal information
Irish name	Colm Ó hEáráin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	(1993-02-02) 2 February 1993 (age 31) Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Occupation	Student
Club(s)
Years	Club
2010-	Clonlara
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	Mary Immaculate College
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2012-2022	Clare	10 (0-35)
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	1
All Stars	1

Colm Galvin (born 2 February 1993) is an Irish hurler who previously played as a midfielder for the Clare senior team.^[1]

Galvin joined the team during the 2012 championship and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen. A Munster medalist in the minor grade and a Munster and All-Ireland medalist in the under-21 grade.^[2] At club level Galvin plays with Clonlara.^{[citation needed]}

Galvin missed the start of the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship as he was spending the summer in Boston. He returned from Boston at the end of June and rejoined the Clare hurling panel.^[3][4]

Galvin attended NUI Galway.^[5]

In February 2022, Galvin announced his retirement from inter-county hurling.^[6][7]

Honours

Clare

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2013
• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (3): 2012, 2013, 2014
• Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (3): 2012, 2013, 2014,
• Munster Minor Hurling Championship (2) 2010 2011

Individual

Awards

• GAA-GPA All-Star Award (1): 2013
• Bord Gáis Under-21 All-Star (2) : 2013, 2014

References

1. "Hurler profile: Colm Galvin". Hurling stats website. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
2. "Clare midfielder Galvin: We want revenge over rebels". Irish Mirror. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
3. "Clare's Colm Galvin pursuing his American dream". Irish Examiner. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
4. "All-Ireland winner Galvin is back from Boston and has rejoined the Clare hurling squad". The 42. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
5. "NUI Galway Students and Alumni Among All-Ireland Senior Hurling Finalists". 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
6. "All-Ireland winner Galvin forced to retire from inter-county hurling with Clare". The 42. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
7. "Former All Star Colm Galvin calls time on Clare career due to persistent groin injury". Irish Independent. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.