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Irish Daily Mirror
2 days ago
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- Irish Daily Mirror
Roscommon GAA appoint new football manager with just three vanancies to fill
Roscommon GAA have recommended Mark Dowd to succeed Davy Burke as their new senior football manager, meaning there are now just three inter-county senior football jobs to fill. The only current vacancies are in Westmeath, Waterford and Antrim following the recent appointments of Ger Brennan (Dublin), Dermot McCabe (Cavan) and Paul Madden (Clare). Dowd is one of six managers who will make their inter-county bow next year, including a joint manager ticket in Sligo. The other five are Dessie Sloyan/Eamonn O'Hara (Sligo), Gavin Devlin (Louth), Ciaran Meenagh (Derry) and Paul Madden (Clare). On top of this, Brennan and McCabe have moved back to their own native counties, while Andy Moran previously managed Leitrim for three seasons, meaning there will be seven entirely new management teams in place in 2026. Dowd is the man a committee appointed to find the new boss came up with and his name will now go before the Roscommon County Board for ratification. The current Roscommon Gaels boss is steeped in GAA in the county and has his fingerprints all over some of their biggest football successes over the past two decades. Strokestown native Dowd was part of Fergal O'Donnell's management team that led Roscommon to All-Ireland minor glory in 2006, defeating Kerry in a replay in the final. Dowd also guided Roscommon under-21 footballers to a Connacht Championship triumph in 2015, before losing out narrowly against Mayo in the provincial final a year later. He has twice been involved in Roscommon Senior Connacht Championship wins, being in the backrooms of Fergal O'Donnell (2010) and Anthony Cunningham (2019). At club level Dowd has an extensive CV, helping Mayo side Ballaghaderreen to a Senior Championship and a Connacht Final in 2012, where they lost out by nine points to Roscommon side St. Brigid's. On the Roscommon scene, Dowd was part of the Strokestown management that landed the 2022 county title, their first in 20 years and eleventh in total. Last year Dowd managed Roscommon Gaels to the County Final, where they lost to Pádraig Pearses and he's back for another shot at a county title this year. Amazingly, he is the first Roscommon native to take sole charge of the team since Des Newton in 2012. Since then Roscommon have been managed by Kerry man John Evans (2013-15) Mayo man Kevin McStay, who lives in Roscommon Town (2015-18, with the first year as joint manager with Fergal O'Donnell), Galway's Anthony Cunningham (2019-22) and Kildare's Davy Burke (2023-25). In fact, since Galway's John Tobin took over as Roscommon boss in 2001, they've had a whopping nine outside managers, also including Tommy Carr (Dublin), Val Daly (Galway) and John Maughan (Mayo) As things stand, in 2026 there will be eight outside managers, including Offaly joint boss Mickey Harte, with seven of them from Ulster. The odd one out is Mayo man Mike Solan, in charge of Longford. The other outside managers are Wicklow's Oisin McConville (Armagh), Laois' Justin McNulty (Armagh), Derry's Ciaran Meenagh (Tyrone), Tyrone's Malachy O'Rourke (Fermanagh), Leitrim's Steven Poacher (Down) and Louth's Gavin Devlin. Oisin McConville is the only outside boss currently in a job to have served three years - and he recently agreed a fresh two year term. Dowd has a big job on his hands with Roscommon's last Connacht title coming back in 2019. This year they exited the All-Ireland series in a preliminary quarter-final defeat by Cork, having made last year's quarter-finals where they lost out to eventual Sam Maguire winner Armagh by 2-10 to 0-10, after shocking Tyrone in the previous round. Roscommon GAA Chairperson Brian Carroll pointed to Dowd's wealth of experience as he unveiled the county's new man at the helm. 'We are delighted to welcome Mark Dowd as the incoming manager of the Roscommon senior football team,' said Carroll. 'Mark has an outstanding track record at both club and county level and he brings with him a wealth of knowledge, experience, and passion for Roscommon football. 'We are confident that his leadership will help drive this team forward and build on the progress of recent years. 'I have had the pleasure of working with Mark on numerous occasions over the last 12 years and I know the Roscommon senior football team is in safe hands going forward. 'On behalf of Roscommon GAA, I would like to wish Mark every success in the role and assure him of our full support as he begins this exciting new chapter.'
The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
‘We are delighted' – Roscommon GAA confirm former All-Ireland minor winner as new manager after Davy Burke departure
NEW MAN 'We are delighted' – Roscommon GAA confirm former All-Ireland minor winner as new manager after Davy Burke departure ROSCOMMON have confirmed an All-Ireland minor champion as their new senior football manager. Mark Dowd, who guided the Rossies to the All-Ireland minor title in 2006, succeeds Davy Burke after he stepped down earlier this summer. 2 Mark Dowd has been appointed Roscommon football manager Credit: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile 2 He succeeds Davy Burke who stepped down in June Credit: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Advertisement The Strokestown-native guided Ballaghaderreen to the Mayo Senior Football Championship title in 2012. Dowd also led the Roscommon U21 team to Connacht Championship success in 2015. In addition, he was part of the coaching setup during Roscommon's Connacht Senior Championship wins in 2010 and 2019. And he played a key role in his home club Strokestown's Roscommon Senior Championship triumph in 2022. He is currently the manager of Roscommon Gaels. Advertisement Roscommon GAA County Chairperson, Brian Carroll, said: 'We are delighted to welcome Mark Dowd as the incoming manager of the Roscommon Senior Football team. "Mark has an outstanding track record at both club and county level, and he brings with him a wealth of knowledge, experience, and passion for Roscommon football. "We are confident that his leadership will help drive this team forward and build on the progress of recent years. "I have had the pleasure of working with Mark on numerous occasions over the last 12 years and I know the Roscommon Senior Football team is in safe hands going forward. Advertisement "On behalf of Roscommon GAA, I would like to wish Mark every success in the role and assure him of our full support as he begins this exciting new chapter.' Mark will confirm his backroom team in due course. Back in June, Davy Burke stepped down after three years at the helm, having guided the Rossies back to Division 1 of the National League in his final campaign. The former Wicklow boss was appointed at Roscommon in October 2022. In his first season, they narrowly missed out on the Division 1 final, while they beat Mayo in the Connacht SFC before losing to Galway in the semi-finals. Advertisement His maiden All-Ireland series in charge was ended by Cork in the preliminary quarter-finals. 2024 saw them drop down to Division 2 while they lost to Mayo in the provincial semi-finals and Armagh in the last eight of the Sam Maguire. They bounced back up to Division 1 earlier this year before once again losing in the Connacht SFC semi-finals, to Galway. The Rossies failed to get out of the All-Ireland round robin this summer. And Burke's final act as boss being a two-point loss to Cork.
Irish Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
Mark Dowd set to become new Roscommon football manager
Mark Dowd has been chosen as the new manager of the Roscommon senior footballers, succeeding Davy Burke, who stepped down from the role in June upon the conclusion of his three-year term. Roscommon gained promotion to Division 1 following this year's National Football League but failed to make it out of Group Two in the championship. Dowd, whose appointment is subject to ratification at the next meeting of the county board, was previously part of the Roscommon minor management team during their All-Ireland winning season in 2006 and lead the county's under-21s to a Connacht title in 2015. At senior level, Dowd was on the coaching ticket when Roscommon claimed the provincial crown in 2010 and 2019. READ MORE In a statement on Saturday, Roscommon GAA chairperson Brian Carroll said: 'We are delighted to welcome Mark Dowd as the incoming manager of the Roscommon Senior Football team. 'Mark has an outstanding track record at both club and county level, and he brings with him a wealth of knowledge, experience, and passion for Roscommon football. 'We are confident that his leadership will help drive this team forward and build on the progress of recent years.' The statement added that Dowd's backroom team will be confirmed in due course.
BBC News
11-08-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Doran in the running for Antrim football role
Slaughtneil boss Mark Doran has emerged a candidate for the Antrim senior football manager's Saffrons have yet to appoint a successor to Andy McEntee, whose three-year term ended following the Tailteann Cup defeat against Wexford in June, with an invitation for applications sent out in native Doran was linked to the Derry job last year following the departure of Mickey Harte but instead took up a coaching role with Roscommon under manager Davy Burke, who has since previously held a coaching role with his native Down between 2019 and 2021, whilst helping guide Ballybay to the 2022 Monaghan title as co-manager. He has also held coaching roles in Clare and Wicklow before the switch to the Rossies in 2025. He stepped down as Slaughtneil manager following their Derry SFC semi-final defeat to Glen last year but was reappointed in for the Antrim job are due to take place on Monday evening with Louth's Colin Kelly also in the managed his home county to successive promotions from Division Four and Division Three in 2016 and 2017 before spells with Westmeath, Wicklow and most recently, Cavan club side Kingscourt in the frame is former St Brigid's manager Anthony McGrath, who was a coach under Stephen Poacher in Leitrim this year, while Barry Dillon, who led Ulster University to the 2024 Sigerson Cup, has also been Bradley had been linked to the role, but last week it emerged he had withdrawn from the race.
RTÉ News
23-06-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
RTÉ GAA Podcast: Football quarter-finals draw, Dublin blow hurling championship wide open
Ciarán Whelan and Davy Burke join Jacqui Hurley and Rory O'Neill to look back on the weekend where the football quarter-final teams were decided. Kerry, Dublin, Galway and Donegal progressed, and will now play Armagh, Tyrone, Meath and Monaghan, respectively, this weekend. Shane McGrath joins for the hurling to reflect on the greatest shock of the 21st century as Dublin downed Limerick at Croke Park. And they'll have to pull off a similarly seismic shock in the last four when the face Cork. Tipperary also secured their All-Ireland semi-final spot, leaving them with a clash against neighbours and old foes Kilkenny. Watch two All-Ireland Football Championship quarter-finals, Meath v Galway and Armagh v Kerry, from 1.15pm on Sunday on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Follow a live blog on and the RTÉ News app. Listen to commentaries on Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1. Watch highlights on The Sunday Game at 10.15pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player
