List of Gaelic football managers
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This is a list of Gaelic football
managers. It includes managers currently managing a county team in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
, in order of the date of their appointment.
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
managers. It includes managers currently managing a county team in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
, in order of the date of their appointment.
Managers
| Name | County Team | Tier | Appointed | Time as manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Harte Mickey Harte Michael "Mickey" Harte is the current manager of Tyrone Gaelic football team. He has led the team to three All-Ireland titles, three Ulster titles, one National League, and four Dr... |
Tyrone Tyrone GAA The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Tyrone GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tyrone. The county board is also responsible for the Tyrone inter-county teams.... |
All-Ireland SFC | 15 November 2002 | |
| Mick O'Dwyer Mick O'Dwyer Mick O'Dwyer , is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played Gaelic football with his local club Waterville and was a member of the Kerry senior team from 1956 until 1974... |
Wicklow Wicklow GAA The Wicklow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Wicklow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wicklow... |
All-Ireland SFC | 9 October 2006 | |
| Kieran McGeeney | Kildare Kildare GAA For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Kildare GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kildare... |
All-Ireland SFC | 2 October 2007 | |
| John Evans John Evans (GAA manager) John Evans is a Gaelic football Manager from Killorglin Co Kerry. He is current manager of the Tipperary Senior & Under 21 teams. He led Tipperary to back to back National Football League promotions in 2008 and 2009, bringing them from Division 4 to Division 2 and winning the Division 3 title in 2009... |
Tipperary Tipperary GAA The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names... |
All-Ireland SFC | 30 October 2007 | |
| Jason Ryan Jason Ryan (Gaelic footballer) Jason Ryan is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Wexford senior football team.... |
Wexford Wexford GAA The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county teams.-History:Hurling has been played in... |
All-Ireland SFC | 6 November 2007 | |
| Conor Counihan Conor Counihan Conor Counihan is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Cork senior football team.... |
Cork | All-Ireland SFC | 18 February 2008 | |
| Mickey Moran Mickey Moran Mickey Moran is a retired footballer and currently a manager. He played inter-county football for Derry in the 1970s and early 1980s. He played his club football for Watty Graham's Glen.... |
Leitrim Leitrim GAA The Leitrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Leitrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Leitrim. The county board is also responsible for the Leitrim inter-county teams.-Gaelic football:In the 1924 Connacht... |
All-Ireland SFC | 25 August 2008 | |
| Fergal O'Donnell Fergal O'Donnell Fergal O'Donnell is a former Gaelic football player and manager from County Roscommon. As a player he led Roscommon as captain to the Connacht Senior Football Championship in 2001... |
Roscommon Roscommon GAA For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games... |
All-Ireland SFC | 18 September 2008 | |
| Glenn Ryan Glenn Ryan Glenn Ryan is a former Gaelic football player, who captained the Kildare team in one of its most successful periods in recent history, leading the Lilywhites to the All-Ireland final in 1998 and collecting Leinster medals in 1998 and again in 2000.... |
Longford Longford GAA The Longford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Longford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Longford... |
All-Ireland SFC | 6 October 2008 | |
| Pat Gilroy Pat Gilroy Pat Gilroy is a former Dublin Gaelic football player and current Dublin senior football manager. Gilroy had Mickey Whelan, Paul Nugent and Paddy O'Donoghue as his selectors for 2009. David Hickey replaced Paul Nugent as a selector in October 2009 for the 2010 season.He played his club football for... |
Dublin Dublin GAA Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams... |
All-Ireland SFC | 9 October 2008 | |
| Liam Bradley Liam Bradley Liam Bradley ; commonly known by his nickname Baker, is an Irish Gaelic football manager. He is currently manager of the Antrim senior football team, having been appointed in October 2008.-Personal life:... |
Antrim Antrim GAA The Antrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Antrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Antrim. The county board is also responsible for the Antrim inter-county teams... |
All-Ireland SFC | 23 October 2008 | |
| Luke Dempsey | Carlow Carlow GAA The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Carlow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Carlow and the Carlow inter-county teams.-Gaelic football:... |
All-Ireland SFC | 29 October 2008 | |
| Kevin Walsh Kevin Walsh (Gaelic footballer) Kevin Walsh is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Sligo senior football team.-Playing career:... |
Sligo Sligo GAA The Sligo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Sligo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Sligo... |
All-Ireland SFC | 3 November 2008 | |
| Jack O'Connor Jack O'Connor (GAA) Jack O'Connor is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football with his local club Dromid Pearses from the 1970s until the early 2000s and is currently in his second term as manager of the Kerry senior inter-county team... |
Kerry Kerry GAA The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry... |
All-Ireland SFC | 10 November 2008 | |
| Tom Cribbin | Offaly Offaly GAA The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Offaly... |
All-Ireland SFC | 13 February 2009 | |
| James McCartan James McCartan James McCartan is a retired Irish Gaelic footballer and current manager. He played for Down between 19xx and xxxx. McCartan was part of the Down team that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1991 and 1994. McCartan also won two Ulster Senior Football Championships with the county... |
Down Down GAA The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Down... |
All-Ireland SFC | 11 September 2009 | |
| John Owens | Waterford Waterford GAA The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for all levels of Gaelic games in County Waterford. The County Board is also responsible for the Waterford inter-county teams. The county... |
All-Ireland SFC | 14 September 2009 | |
| Paddy O'Rourke Paddy O'Rourke This article is about a football manager from Down. For the Meath footballer from Skryne, see Patrick O'RourkePaddy O'Rourke is a Northern Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football with his local club Burren and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the... |
Armagh Armagh GAA The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Armagh... |
All-Ireland SFC | 2 October 2009 | |
| Micheál McDermott | Clare Clare GAA The Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Clare GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Clare. The county board is also responsible for the Clare inter-county teams.... |
All-Ireland SFC | 10 November 2009 | |
| Peter Fitzpatrick Peter Fitzpatrick Peter Fitzpatrick is an Irish sportsman and politician. He is the Gaelic Football manager for County Louth GAA, and one of two current Fine Gael TDs for the constituency of Louth.-Sporting career:... |
Louth Louth GAA The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Louth GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Louth. The county board is also responsible for the Louth inter-county teams.... |
All-Ireland SFC | 16 November 2009 | |
| Séamus Sweeney | New York New York GAA The New York County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or New York GAA, is one of the county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the New York metropolitan area... |
All-Ireland SFC | 4 February 2010 | |
| Pat Flanagan Pat Flanagan (Gaelic footballer) Pat Flanagan is the current Gaelic football manager for Westmeath and former Gaelic player for the Offaly football team. Born in Clara, County Offaly originally he has huge links with Westmeath after he served as a selector under former manager Tomás Ó Flatharta.In April,2010 Flanagan was appointed... |
Westmeath Westmeath GAA The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Westmeath... |
All-Ireland SFC | 21 April 2010 | |
| Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness , is a retired Gaelic footballer and current manager for Donegal senior team, He was a member of the 1992 All-Ireland winning team. He was also a star of Third Level Colleges football winning Sigerson Cups with Tralee in 1998 and 1999 as captain and with University of Ulster,... |
Donegal Donegal GAA The Donegal County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Donegal GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Donegal. The county board is also responsible for the Donegal inter-county teams.Gaelic football is strongest in the... |
All-Ireland SFC | 26 July 2010 | |
| Justin McNulty Justin McNulty Justin McNulty is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player for Armagh. He played football with his local club Mullaghbawn in Armagh and was a member of the Armagh senior football team from 1995 to 2005... |
Laois Laois GAA The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Laois and the Laois inter-county teams.-History:... |
All-Ireland SFC | 16 August 2010 | |
| Val Andrews Val Andrews Val Andrews is the current manager for the Dublin Minor Football Team for the 2010 championship. Andrews is employed as a lecturer the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown . Andrews had previously managed Louth and Cavan and the Dublin Junior Football team in 2007. Val had previously been linked... |
Cavan Cavan GAA The Cavan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Cavan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cavan... |
All-Ireland SFC | 26 August 2010 | |
| John Brennan John Brennan (Gaelic footballer) John Brennan ,is labelled as the 'Godfather' of Derry football, is an Irish Gaelic football manager. He played for so many years with his local club Erin's Own Lavey and with the Derry senior team... |
Derry Derry GAA The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Derry GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic games in the GAA county of Derry, which covers virtually the same territory as the former administrative county of Londonderry... |
All-Ireland SFC | 16 September 2010 | |
| John O'Neill | Fermanagh Fermanagh GAA The Fermanagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Fermanagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. The county board is also responsible for the Fermanagh inter-county teams-History:... |
All-Ireland SFC | 27 September 2010 | |
| James Horan James Horan (Gaelic footballer) James Horan is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Mayo senior football team.... |
Mayo Mayo GAA The Mayo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Mayo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Mayo and the Mayo inter-county teams.-History:... |
All-Ireland SFC | 29 September 2010 | |
| Eamonn McEneaney Eamonn McEneaney Eamonn McEneaney is a retired Irish Gaelic Football player and current manager of the Monaghan Senior Football Team.He took over as manager in October 2010 from Seamus McEnaney who confirmed that he would not allow his name go forward for the role which he had held for the previous six years... |
Monaghan Monaghan GAA The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Monaghan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Monaghan and the Monaghan inter-county football and hurling teams. Separate county boards are responsible for the... |
All-Ireland SFC | 4 October 2010 | |
| Tomás Ó Flatharta Tomás Ó Flatharta -Westmeath:He managed Westmeath from 2005 to 2009 where he succeeded Kerry legend Páidí Ó Sé. Ó'Flatharta resigned as manager in July, 2009 after Westmeath were exited in the quailifiers by neighbours Meath.-Galway:... |
Galway Galway GAA The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,... |
All-Ireland SFC | 7 October 2010 | |
| Maurice Horan Maurice Horan Maurice Horan is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Limerick senior football team.... |
Limerick Limerick GAA The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick... |
All-Ireland SFC | 12 October 2010 | |
| Séamus McEnaney Séamus McEnaney Séamus McEnaney is Gaelic football manager and the current manager of the Meath senior football team. He previously managed the Monaghan Senior Gaelic football team from 2004 until 2010. He was appointed as Meath manager in November 2010.-References:... |
Meath Meath GAA The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams.- Pre-1960s :... |
All-Ireland SFC | 10 November 2010 | |