User:Miceal1971

Early Life Míċeál Bolger was born to Mícheál Bolger & Catherine Bolger (née Keogh) on Wednesday 22nd September 1971 -the 4th of eight children. His father, Mícheál senior, was a taxi driver and died in 1983.

Education He was educated at Greendale Community School, Kilbarrack, and among his teachers were Paul Mercier and Roddy Doyle. Míċeál completed his Leaving Certificate in 1988 and started his career at Superquinn Blackrock, and later Sutton, where he would remain until 2002. After two years at Blacktie; and three years at Railtours Ireland, Míċeál decided to return to full time education and in 2007 started his first degree course in Tourism Management at the Dublin Institute of Technology on Cathal Brugha Street.

Upon receiving his BA in 2010, he received the Student Excellence Award for achieving the highest final mark in the School of Hospitality Management. He subsequently converted his three-year BA to a BSc, graduating a year later with a first class honours degree in Tourism Management.

Travel Míċeál left Ireland for the very first time in 1992, when he holidayed in England and in Germany. After getting a taste for travel, Míċeál made it his goal to visit every country in Europe. To date, he has visited almost every country in Europe -the only exceptions being Andorra, Cyprus, Malta and Kosovo. He has also visited Turkey, the United States and Iran. Among his favourites are Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, which he visits twice per year.

Hobbies & Interests Míċeál never grew out of his childhood interest in railways and is a member of the Irish Railway Record Society (IRRS) at Heuston Station. He has travelled extensively across Europe by rail and has given talks on European Railways at the IRRS. He has a keen interest in history & politics and is especially interested in the late Edwardian/pre-war period.

Personal Life He is a committed Christian and a member of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, where he is an elder and lay-preacher. He is in a relationship with Sharon Morley.