 Having come close to beating the Ennis-based school at the same stage the previous year, St. Kieran's made no mistake this time and recorded a 1–10 to 0–9 victory, giving Tyrrell an All-Ireland medal.During his studies at the Cork Institute of Technology and the Limerick Institute of Technology, Tyrrell was an automatic inclusion on the college hurling team.In 2005 he was on the LIT team that faced nearby rivals University of Limerick in the final of the Fitzgibbon Cup.