Dublin appoint Ger Brennan as senior football manager
The St Vincent's man, who left the Louth role in early July after two years in charge, has been given a three-year term.
He replaces Dessie Farrell who stepped down after six seasons in charge following June's All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Tyrone. Brennan's management team will be confirmed at a later date.
Brennan won two All-Ireland senior medals as a player – 2011 and '13 – before retiring from the inter-county game in 2015. He captained St Vincent's to an All-Ireland senior club title in 2014 and had been part of the team that won the 2008 crown.
Confirming the news, Dublin chairman Ken O'Sullivan said: 'Ger has achieved the highest honours as a player with Dublin and he has our full support in leading the Dublin Senior Football panel in pursuit of further honours in the coming years. We wish Ger, his team and the panel the very best and look forward to the 2026 season'.
Brennan is the first man to manage Dublin having previously taken charge of another county team since Tommy Lyons in 2001 – Mayo native Lyons had guided Offaly to a provincial senior champions in 1998.
Brennan is the Gaelic games executive in UCD where he succeeded his late club-mate, Dublin great Brian Mullins. He follows fellow St Vincent's men Pat Gilroy and Kevin Heffernan in taking the reins.
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