Michael Armstrong (born 1990 in
Belfast
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,
Northern Ireland
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) is a
Northern Irish
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sportsperson. He plays
hurling
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
with his local club
O'Donovan Rossa
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa ( ga, Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rosa; baptised 4 September 1831, died 29 June 1915)Con O'Callaghan Reenascreena Community Online (dead link archived at archive.org, 29 September 2014) was an Irish Fenian leader and member ...
, having previously played for Gort Na Mona and Davitt's, and has been a member of the
Antrim senior inter-county team since 2011.
References
1990 births
Living people
O'Donovan Rossa (Antrim) hurlers
Antrim inter-county hurlers
Sportspeople from Belfast
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