Cian O'Neill

Cian O'Neill
Personal information
Irish nameCian Ó Néill
Inter-county management
Years Team
2006–2007
2008–2011
2012
2013–2015
2016–2019
2022–2024
2025– 		Limerick (coach)
Tipperary (trainer)
Mayo (coach)
Kerry (trainer)
Kildare
Galway (coach)
Kerry (coach)

Dr Cian O'Neill is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who has since been a Gaelic games coach (physical trainer), selector and manager with various county teams. He has been attached to the Galway county football team, under Pádraic Joyce, since 2021.

O'Neill trained the Tipperary county hurling team that won the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. After involvement with the Mayo and Kerry county football teams, he served as manager of the Kildare county football team for several years.

Career

O'Neill is originally from Newbridge, County Kildare.[1] He played football for Kildare GAA club Moorefield but his career was cut short by serious back injury.[2]

O'Neill has coached both the Tipperary county hurling team and the Kerry county football team.[3] As well as the Mayo county football team, after Tipperary and before Kerry and while with Kerry he was also a selector.[4] While with Kerry he was involved in the documentary All Ireland Day.[5]

O'Neill was a member of Liam Sheedy's management team that won the 2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship. The team also reached the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final but lost to Kilkenny. O'Neill was also the Tipperary trainer when the county won the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final and was runner-up in 2011. At the end of September 2011 he left the Tipperary panel after being involved for four years.[6]

O'Neill later served as manager of the senior Kildare county team between 2015 and 2019.[7][8] He was a lecturer at the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science in UL[9] and in September 2013 was appointed as Head of Department of Sports, Leisure and Childhood Studies at Cork Institute of Technology.[citation needed]

He joined the Galway county football team as coach under the management of Pádraic Joyce ahead of the 2022 season.[10]

References

  1. ^ Kennedy, Marisa (16 July 2019). "Cian O'Neill Steps Down As Kildare Manager After Four Years". Pundit Arena. In 2018, the Newbridge man steered the county to the Super 8s after a historic win over Mayo in St Conleth's Park.
  2. ^ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (4 September 2009). "The CIAN edge". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Stevie McDonnell superbly explains differences between GAA coaches and managers". Joe.
  4. ^ "Cian O'Neill named as new Lilywhites boss as Glenn Ryan overlooked". RTÉ. 3 October 2015.
  5. ^ "All Ireland Day".
  6. ^ "O'Neill ends Premier association". Setanta Sports. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kfgbsnidkfsn/rss2/
  8. ^ "Statement: Cian O'Neill steps down as Kildare Senior Football Team Manager". 16 July 2019.
  9. ^ Ryan, Ger (4 February 2009). "COACHING SEMINAR". Clonmel Nationalist. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  10. ^ "Cian O'Neill joins Padraic Joyce's Galway set-up as coach". The42.ie. 18 October 2021.