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‘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.
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Mark Dowd has been appointed Roscommon football manager
Credit: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
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He succeeds Davy Burke who stepped down in June
Credit: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
