Micheál Burns

Micheál Burns (born 1996) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he plays with Dr Crokes, and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.

Career
Burns first played Gaelic football to a high standard as a schoolboy at St Brendan's College in Killarney. He began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with Dr Crokes and won a Kerry MFC medal in 2014. Burns later progressed to adult level and won three successive Kerry SFC medals from 2016 to 2018. Two of these wins were converted into Munster Club SFC titles before claiming an All-Ireland Club SFC medal after a defeat of Slaughtneil in the 2017 final.

Burns first appeared on the inter-county scene with Kerry as a member of the minor team that beat Donegal in the 2014 All-Ireland minor final. A three-year association with the under-21 team yielded a Munster U21FC medal in 2017.

After his under-21 tenure came to an end, Burns was drafted onto the senior team in 2018. He won the first of five Munster SFC medals in six seasons that year. Burns won an All-Ireland SFC medal after coming on as a substitute for Stephen O'Brien following a defeat of Galway in the 2022 final.

Burns "stepped away" from the Kerry county panel in early 2024, citing a lack of "game time". Shortly after his exit from the Kerry panel, he travelled to Australia and joined up with Wolfe Tones, a Melbourne GAA club.

Honours

 * Dr Crokes
 * All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship: 2017
 * Munster Senior Club Football Championship: 2016, 2018
 * Kerry Senior Football Championship: 2016, 2017, 2018


 * Kerry
 * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 2022
 * Munster Senior Football Championship: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
 * National Football League: 2020, 2021, 2022
 * Munster Under-21 Football Championship: 2017
 * All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 2014
 * Munster Minor Football Championship: 2013, 2014

External link

 * Micheál Burns profile at the Terrace Talk website