 In 2000 he was named on the Munster Hurling Team of the Millennium.Smyth first enjoyed success on the hurling field during his tenure at St. Flannan's College, a famed hurling nursery in Ennis.At Flannan's he was a hurling protégé, going straight into the Dean Ryan Cup team as a thirteen-year-old and winning his first medal when Ennis won the junior championship.