Although they lost the 2000 semi-final to St. Patrick's Navan and the 2001 final to the same opponents they were unstoppable in 2002 to claim their 12th title with a 3–13 to 0–06 victory against St. Michael's Enniskillen.
Future Galway teammates, Darren Mullahy, Gary Sice, Damien Dunleavy, Alan Burke and Niall Coleman were also on the team.
Since then, he has been a key part of the Galway set-up, having been consistently been picked by four different managers, John O'Mahony, Peter Forde, Liam Sammon and Joe Kernan.
[citation needed] In 2004, Meehan was part of the Caltra team that enjoyed a memorable run to All-Ireland Club Championship glory.
[citation needed] In the 2008 Championship, Meehan won his third Connacht senior medal on 13 July as Galway defeated Mayo by 2–12 to 1–14 in MacHale Park.
In their quarter-final clash against Kerry, Michael scored 10 points and seemed to be carrying the Galway side in the first half against the reigning All-Ireland champions.
[citation needed] 2011 proved to be difficult as Meehan continued to battled a troubled ankle injury that almost derailed his career.