Background
Hayes was born in Portumna, County Galway in 1982.
Hayes was born in Portumna, County Galway in 1982.
He played as a corner-forward on the Galway senior hurling team from 2001 to 2015. He currently works in the family Volkswagen Carolina Sales business in Portumna, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Hayes Motors Limited.
Hayes has had much success in the game of hurling. Hayes has also had an extremely successful hurling career at club level 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. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling in January 2015.