| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Michael Heffernan | |
| Fullname: | Michael Heffernan |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 11 |
| Occupation: | Student |
| County: | Tipperary |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Nenagh Éire Óg |
| Clposition: | Forward |
| Clyears: | 2005- |
| Counties: | Tipperary |
| Icposition: | Forward |
| Icyears: | 2010-present |
| Icapps(Points): | 1 (0-00) |
| Icprovince: | 0 |
| Icallireland: | 1 (1 as sub) |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Birth Date: | 30 December 1989 |
Michael Heffernan is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Nenagh Éire Óg and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.
Heffernan won two All-Ireland Minor Hurling medals in 2006 and 2007. He made his National Hurling League debut as a substitute against Limerick in 2010, scoring a point from play.He went on to make his Championship debut on 3 July 2010 against Wexford in the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Qualifiers.[1]
On 28 July 2010, Heffernan played at corner forward, scoring 1-3 for Tipperary as they defeated Clare in the 2010 Munster Under-21 Hurling final at Semple Stadium, winning by 1–22 to 1–17.[2]
On 5 September 2010, Heffernan was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4–17 to 1–18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was Heffernan's first All-Ireland winners medal.[3] Six day's later on 11 September 2010, Tipperary clinched the All Ireland Under-21 title by defeating Galway by 5–22 to 0–12 at Semple Stadium, with Heffernan starting at corner forward scoring two points.[4]
In 2012, Heffernan was part of the Tipperary team that won the Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship.[5] [6] [7] He started the All-Ireland final at full forward and scored one goal and four points in the 3–13 to 1–17 victory against Kilkenny at Semple Stadium.[8] Heffernan created a piece of history by adding the All-Ireland Intermediate medal (2012) to the Minor (2006, 2007), Under-21 (2010) and Senior (2010) titles that he had already won.[9]