Damien Hayes

Who is Damien Hayes?

Damien Hayes is an Irish sportsman. He plays in the corner-forward position on the Galway senior hurling team.

Hayes was born in Portumna, County Galway in 1982. He was educated locally and later studied at Limerick Institute of Technology where he won the Ryan Cup. He currently works in the family Volkswagen Car Sales business in Portumna, Al Hayes Motors Ltd.

Hayes has had much success in the game of hurling. At inter-county he has won 2 All-Ireland minor medals, 2 All-Ireland senior runners-up medals, 2 National hurling League Medals and 3 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 6 Galway Senior Hurling titles and 3 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship medals in 2006, 2008 and 2009. He also has won 7 Senior League Titles with Portumna. Damien was awarded Connacht provincial Hurler of the year in 2005 and 2006. He has also been Galway's Hurler of the year on 3 occasions 2005, 2006 and 2010. Damien was on the historic Galway team that won their first leinster title in 2012.

Rugby union is Hayes's second love and he has previously won an All-Ireland Under-18 medal with Nenagh as a winger.