Michael Quinlivan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál Ó Caoinnealbháin[1] | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born |
15 February 1993 Clonmel, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Nickname | MQ14 | ||
| Occupation | Accountant | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2010-2024 2024- |
Clonmel Commercials Dundalk Gaels | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 7 | ||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
|
Mary Immaculate College University College Cork | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2012- | Tipperary | 33 (9-69) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 10 July 2021. | |||
Michael Quinlivan (born 15 February 1993) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays at inter-county level for Tipperary, and played his club football for Clonmel Commerical in South Tipperary for most of career before joining Dundalk Gaels in 2024.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Quinlivan's father, Martin, played for Tipperary and Clonmel Commercials as a goalkeeper during the 1990s, as well as in the League of Ireland with Waterford United.[4] Martin Quinlivan was also a selector when Commercials won two Tipp SFCs and the Munster Club SFC.[4]
Career
[edit]Clonmel Commercials
[edit]On 15 November 2015, Clonmel Commercials reached their first Munster Senior Club Championship final since 1994 after a 1-13 to 0-3 win against Milltown Malbay in the semi-final.[5] On 29 November 2015, they won their first Munster Senior Club title after defeating Nemo Rangers in the final in Mallow. Training by two points in the second minute of injury time, Quinlivan scored with a low shot to the net to win the game by one point.[6][7][8]
Tipperary
[edit]He made his senior championship debut for Tipperary in 2012 against Kerry where he scored 2 points in a 0-10 to 0-16 defeat.[9]
In 2011, he won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship medal after a 3-9 to 1-14 win against Dublin in the final. In 2013, he scored A total of 15-127 in 13 games for club side Commercials. In 2016, he was branded the second best footballer in Ireland, behind Ciaran Kilkenny of Dublin.[10][11][12][13] On 31 July 2016, Quinlivan started in the corner forward position and scored 1-4 as Tipperary defeated Galway in the 2016 All-Ireland Quarter-finals at Croke Park to reach their first All-Ireland semi-final since 1935.[14][15] On 21 August 2016, Tipperary were beaten in the semi-final by Mayo on a 2-13 to 0-14 scoreline, a game in which Quinlivan scored 0-07 (all from frees).[16][17][18][19][20][21] On 3 November 2016, Quinlivan won his first All-Star award, being picked in the full-forward position.[22][23] He became just the second Tipperary footballer to claim an All Star, joining Declan Browne who won awards in 1998 and 2003.[24]
On 2 April 2017, Quinlivan scored 4-6 against Armagh in the round 7 of Division 3 of the National Football League. His fourth goal, a low finish to the top of the stand from the left came in injury time as Tipperary clinched promotion to Division 2 with a 3-8 to 0-16 win.[25][26] On 8 April 2017, Quanlivan was man of the match as Tipperary defeated Louth 3-19 to 0-19 in the Division 3 final at Croke Park.[27]
Quinlivan indicated that he would miss the 2020 season as he had decided to go travelling for the year.[28] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic his plans changed and he returned to the side. On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0-17 to 0-14 win against Cork in the final, with Quinlivan scoring 0-05 (0-04 from play). It was Tipperary's first Munster title in 85 years.[29][30]
In January 2022, Quinlivan confirmed that he would miss the 2022 season due to work commitments.[31][32]
Career Statistics
[edit]As of match played 19 July 2021
| Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |
| 2012 | Division 3 | 1 | 0-02 | 4 | 0-12 | 5 | 0-14 | ||
| 2013 | Division 4 | - | - | 0 | 0-00 | ||||
| 2014 | 2 | 0-02 | 3 | 1-04 | 5 | 1-06 | |||
| 2015 | Division 3 | 2 | 3-03 | 2 | 0-03 | 4 | 3-06 | ||
| 2016 | 3 | 1-10 | 3 | 1-17 | 6 | 2-27 | |||
| 2017 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 1-01 | 3 | 1-01 | |||
| 2018 | Division 2 | 2 | 0-04 | 1 | 1-02 | 3 | 1-06 | ||
| 2019 | 1 | 1-02 | 1 | 0-01 | 2 | 1-03 | |||
| 2020 | Division 3 | 3 | 0-06 | 1 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-06 | ||
| 2021 | 1 | 0-00 | - | 1 | 0-00 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 5-29 | 17 | 4-40 | 33 | 9-69 | |||
Honours
[edit]- Clonmel Commercials
- Tipperary Senior Football Championship (7): 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
- Munster Senior Club Football Championship (1): 2015
- Tipperary
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 2011
- Munster Minor Football Championship (1): 2011
- National Football League Division 4 (1): 2014
- National Football League Division 3 (1): 2017
- Munster Senior Football Championship (1): 2020
- UCC
- Sigerson Cup (1): 2014
- Individual
- All Star Award (1): 2016
References
[edit]- ^ "County Senior Football Championship Final 2019" (PDF). p. 16.
- ^ "Quinlivan focused solely on football". GAA.ie. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ "Michael Quinlivan".
- ^ a b Crowe, Dermot (6 December 2020). "For the love of club, county and football - why Tipperary's star forward came home". Sunday Independent.
- ^ "Clonmel Commercials race from traps into Munster final". Irish Examiner. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Huge day for Tipp football as Clonmel claim maiden Munster title with stoppage-time victory over Nemo". Irish Independent. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Emotional scenes as Clonmel Commercials stun Nemo Rangers in Munster football final". Irish Examiner. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Incredible drama as Clonmel win first Munster title with stoppage-time goal". The 42. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Tipp side named for Munster SFC opener against Kerry". RTÉ Sport. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ "Tipp beat Dubs in minor football final". RTÉ Sport. 19 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "Late wonder-goal Tipps scales to break young Dub's hearts". Irish Independent. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "Tipp minors end 77-year drought with one-point win over Dublin". Irish Examiner. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "Kennedy strike helps Tipperary bridge long gap". Irish Times. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "History-makers Tipperary annihilate Galway to reach first All-Ireland semi since 1935". Irish Independent. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "A new chapter in Tipperary's fairytale season". Irish Examiner. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Fairytale over for Tipperary as unconvincing Mayo progress to All-Ireland final". Irish Examiner. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Mayo edge dogged Tipperary to book first All-Ireland final place since 2013". Irish Independent. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Mayo do enough to repel Tipp in reaching final". RTE Sport. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "I thought the second half was bordering on heroic' - Tipp boss Kearns bursting with pride". The 42. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Quinlivan cites top Cats as the example to follow as Premier bid to build on 2016". Irish Independent. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Tipp recruitment drive essential to preserving gains". Irish Independent. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Revealed: Axed Mayo goalkeeper Clarke lands All-Star but Dubs star McManamon misses out". Guardian. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "6 from Dublin and 4 from Mayo - here's the 2016 GAA-GPA All-Star football team". The 42. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Michael Quinlivan reveals All Star gesture from Declan Browne". RTE Sport. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Completing a first hat-trick for Tipperary with 6 seconds left to clinch league promotion". The 42. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Michael Quinlivan heroics against Armagh sees Tipperary promoted". Irish Examiner. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Sweeney fires impressive Tipperary to Division 3 final win over Louth". Irish Independent. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Blow for Tipperary as Michael Quinlivan set to miss 2020 campaign". RTE Sport. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Tipperary end 85-year wait for Munster senior football glory with famous win over Cork". The 42. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Tipperary end 85-year wait to win Munster crown". RTE Sport. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Quinlivan 'a massive loss' to Tipperary footballers after opting out". The 42. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Tipp must plan without Michael Quinlivan for 2022 season". Irish Examiner. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.