Damien Hayes

Damien Hayes

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right Corner Forward
Born	1982 Portumna, Galway
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Nickname	Creature
Club(s)
Years	Club
2000-	Portumna
Club Titles
Galway titles	5
Leinster titles	3
All-Ireland Titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2004-	Galway	32 (18-63)
Inter-county titles
NHL	2
All Stars	2

Damien Hayes (born 1982 in Portumna, County Galway, Ireland) is an Irish sportsman. He plays in the corner-forward position on the Galway senior hurling team.

Hayes was born in Portumna, County Galway^[1] in 1982. He was educated locally and later studied at Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) where he won the Ryan Cup. He currently works in the family car sales business in Portumna.^[2] Hayes has had much success in the game of hurling. At inter-county he has won 2 All-Ireland minor medals and an All-Ireland senior runners-up medal and an All-Star Award with Galway and a Railway Cup medal with Connacht. Hayes has also had an extremely successful hurling career at club level with Portumna. He has won 5 Galway Senior Hurling titles and an All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship medals in 2006, 2008^[3] and 2009. Rugby union is Hayes's second love and he has previously won an All-Ireland Under-18 medal with Nenagh as a winger.

References

1. ^ "Hayes: Last-eight loss would be a huge setback". Irish Independent. 2010-07-07. http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/hayes-lasteight-loss-would-be-a-huge-setback-2248401.html. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 
2. ^ "Galway All-Stars to get motoring". Hoganstand.com. 2005-12-15. http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=54684. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 
3. ^ "Masterful Portumna are club hurling champions". Hoganstand.com. 2008-03-17. http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=91344. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 

damien was named galway hurler of the year in 2005,2006 and again in 2010. damien also won hurling moment of the year in 2005 with the goal he scored against tipperary.

Persondata
Name	Hayes, Damien
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1982
Place of birth	Portumna
Date of death
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