Fergal Healy

Fergal Healy

Fergal Healy in action for Craughwell in 2013
Personal information
Irish name	Feargall Ó hÉilí
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	1977 Craughwell, County Galway
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Occupation	Process Engineer
Club(s)
Years	Club
1994-	Craughwell
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2000-2009	Galway	? (4-30)
Inter-county titles
NHL	2

Fergal Healy (born 1977 in Craughwell, County Galway) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Craughwell and has been a member of the Galway senior inter-county team from 1997-2009.

Healy plays his club hurling with his local club in Craughwell and has enjoyed much success. He started to hurl with the club when he was only seven years-old and went on to play in county under-14 and under-16 finals before inspiring the rural Galway side to an historic under-21 county championship breakthrough in the mid-1990s. Healy, however, has never won a senior county title with his club.

Healy came to prominence on the inter-county scene with Galway at an early age. As a member of the county's under-14 team he captured a Tony Forrestal Cup winners' medal in the early 1990s. Healy was later chosen on the Galway under-16 team, with whom he collected a Nenagh Co-Op title.

Healy subsequently became a member of the Galway minor team, where he was successful once again. In 1993 Galway qualified for the All-Ireland final, however, Healy was not a member of the starting fifteen. He did enter the field of play as a substitute, however, Galway were defeated by Kilkenny on that occasion. In 1994 Galway were back in the All-Ireland minor final once again, with Healy lining out on the half-forward line. Cork provided the opposition on this occasion, however, Galway emerged victorious by 2-10 to 1-11. It was Healy's first All-Ireland medal. Healy played with the Galway minor again in 1995, however, the team's championship involvement ended at the semi-final stage.

In 1996 Healy was eligible to play with the Galway under-21 hurling team. It was a successful year as the county reached the All-Ireland final in that grade. Wexford were the opponents in that game, however, Galway had a comfortable 1-14 to 0-7 victory. It was Healy's first All-Ireland medal in the under-21 grade. In 1997 Galway qualified for the All-Ireland final once again. This time Cork provided the opposition and it was Cork who claimed the victory at the full-time whistle. 1998 saw Healy line out in a third consecutive All-Ireland under-21 final. Cork were the opponents once again. After an entertaining hour of hurling it was 'the Rebels' who emerged victorious by 2-15 to 2-10.