John Hegarty (Gaelic footballer)

John Hagerty is a Gaelic football manager and former player who currently manages the Wexford county football team. He previously played for Wexford and Killanerin, as well as Leinster and UCD. He was a full-forward during his playing career.

He made 105 appearances for Wexford and his inter-county career went from 1995 up until 2006, scoring 21–125 in all that time.[1] Wexford went from Division 4 to Division 1 National Football League during his career and they got to the Division 1 final back in 2005.[2]

He played for Leinster and won a Railway Cup.[1] He played for UCD and won a Sigerson Cup.[1] He won six Wexford Senior Football Championship titles when he was playing and one Intermediate Football Championship title.[1]

After his retirement, he went on to become a manager.[1] He won Senior Football Championships with Kilanerin as a player-manager and Shelmaliers.[1] He was appointed as Wexford manager in September 2022, following the retirement of Shane Roche.[3][4][5] He continued to be Shelmaliers boss for the Senior Football Championship after his name was revealed for the Wexford post.[6]

He is originally from Kilanerin and lives in Wexford town.[1] Outside of football, Hegarty is the deputy principal in the Wexford CBS[7] and was a Fine Gael member of Wexford County Council.[8] He was the deputy Mayor of Wexford from 2021 to 2022.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Lawlor, Damian (10 September 2022). "Wexford to appoint John Hegarty as new football manager". RTÉ.
  2. ^ Barry, Brian (16 September 2022). "Wexford's new football manager John Hegarty says there can be better days ahead for the Model County". Sky Sports.
  3. ^ "Hegarty keen to see Wexford football back with a good following". Hogan Stand. 15 September 2022.
  4. ^ Manning, Gordon (10 September 2022). "John Hegarty named as new Wexford senior football manager". The Irish Times.
  5. ^ "Wexford set to appoint Hegarty as new football boss". Hogan Stand. 10 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Backroom team to work with new Wexford football manager John Hegarty yet to be finalised". Wexford People. 21 September 2022.
  7. ^ "New Wexford football manager John Hegarty wants players to answer county's call". independent. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  8. ^ "New Wexford boss John Hegarty is one of our own and that has to be a bonus". independent. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  9. ^ "Garry Laffan is new Mayor of Wexford". independent. Retrieved 2022-10-06.