Michael Herbert (17 May 1925 – 20 June 2006) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
[1] A publican from Castleconnell,[2] County Limerick, he unsuccessfully contested the 1965 general election and was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East constituency.
He retired prematurely from the game following a serious head injury caused by an assault with a hurley in a club match in 1949.
His brothers Seán Herbert and Tony Herbert were also hurlers with Limerick and his son Turlough Herbert was a member of the Limerick senior hurling panel for the 1994 All-Ireland final.
Michael Herbert died in 2006, aged 81.