Jack Sheedy takes Mullingar Sharmocks reins
December 30, 2020
Jack Sheedy takes Mullingar Sharmocks reins
At a meeting of the Mullingar Shamrocks executive held last week, the former Dublin footballer Jack Sheedy was appointed manager of the Mullingar Shamrocks senior football team for the 2021 season. This is a significant break with tradition as the club has normally appointed its senior manager from inside the club.
As a member of the Lucan Sarsfields club, Jack Sheedy played 21 senior championship and 40 league matches for Dublin between November 1990 and March 1995.
Sheedy made his championship debut for Dublin against Meath in the first round of the Leinster Senior Football Championship in 1991. The series famously finished after four games with Dublin losing by a point. He went on to win Leinster championships with Dublin in 1992, 1993 and 1994. He played on the Dublin team beaten in the 1992 All-Ireland final by Donegal and on the team beaten by Down in the 199
Maughan and Fennelly appointed as Offaly senior managers
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JOHN Maughan and Michael Fennelly have been reappointed as the Offaly senior football and hurling managers.
Their appointment was announced by the Offaly GAA County Board this evening. Mayo man Maughan will be doing his third season as manager – he had cast doubts about the future after Offaly were beaten by Kildare in the Leinster Senior Football Championship but within days of that, the word about his intentions were positive,
Maughan was a successful Mayo manager, leading them to the brink of All-Ireland glory and he has also managed Clare, Fermanagh and Roscommon. He has proven to be a popular Offaly manager and will be trying to introduce young players next season as they aim for promotion in Division 3 of the National Football League and championship progress.