icposition icupdate birth_date code club name birth_place county sport nfl allstars icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title clcounty irish
right wing-back 00:54 , 4 august 2015 1982 football ardfinnan michael phelan ardfinnan , county tipperary , ireland tipperary gaelic football 0 0 0 tipperary 2006-2009 0 munster michael phelan -lrb- gaelic footballer -rrb-
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michael phelan -lrb- gaelic footballer -rrb-

michael phelan -lrb- born 1982 -rrb- is an irish gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back for the tipperary senior team .
born in ardfinnan , county tipperary , phelan first excelled at gaelic football in his youth .
he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the tipperary minor team before later joining the under-21 side .
he made his senior debut during the 2006 championship .
phelan subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen .
at club level phelan is a one-time championship medallist with ardfinnan .
he also plays hurling with ballybacon-grange .
phelan retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2009 championship .
