Biography
Mick Kavanagh was born in Freshford, County Kilkenny in 1979. He was educated locally at St. Lachtain's national school and later attended St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny, a famous nursery for young hurling talent. Here his hurling skills were nurtured and developed and he won an All-Ireland colleges' winners' medal with the school. Kavanagh later studied at the Waterford Institute of Technology. Here he played on the college's senior hurling team, winning back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 1999 and 2000.
Kavanagh currently works as a financial adviser with Royal Liver.
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