Cian O'Neill

Dr Cian O'Neill is an Irish Gaelic games coach (physical trainer) and former player who has also served as manager.

Career

O'Neill played his football with the Kildare club Moorefield but his career was cut short by serious back injury.[1]

He has coached both the Kerry county football team and the Tipperary county hurling team.[2]

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 Tippeary 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.[3]

O'Neill later served as manager of the senior Kildare county team between 2015 and 2019.[4][5] He was a lecturer at the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science in UL[6] and in September 2013 was appointed as Head of Department of Sports, Leisure and Childhood Studies at Cork Institute of Technology.

References

O'Flynn, Diarmuid (2009-09-04). "The CIAN edge". Irish Examiner. Thomas Crosbie Holdings. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
"Stevie McDonnell superbly explains differences between GAA coaches and managers". Joe.
"O'Neill ends Premier association". Setanta Sports. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kfgbsnidkfsn/rss2/
"Statement: Cian O'Neill steps down as Kildare Senior Football Team Manager". 16 July 2019.
Ryan, Ger (2009-02-04). "COACHING SEMINAR". Clonmel Nationalist. Johnston Press. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2010-06-23.

External links

Tipperary Player Profiles

Tipperary - 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Champions (37th title)

Subs: D. Fanning for Curran; M. Webster for Kerwick; H. Maloney for Butler; B. Dunne for Woodlock

Subs not used: G. Kennedy; P. Bourke; A. Byrne; D. Egan; D. FitzGerald; P. Kelly; R. O'Dwyer; P. Ormond (Capt.); W. Ryan; P. Stapleton; T. Stapleton; D. Gleeson

Manager: L. Sheedy

Trainer: C. O'Neill

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

Tipperary - 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: 19 B. Dunne for J. O'Brien; 28 W. Ryan (c) for P. Kerwick; 30 M. Webster for J. Woodlock

Subs not used: 16 D. Gleeson; 17 É. Buckley; 18 J. Devane; 20 D. FitzGerald; 21 S. Hennessy; 22 P. Kelly; 23 P. Maher; 24 S. Maher; 25 H. Maloney; 26 C. O'Brien; 27 G. Ryan; 29 T. Stapleton

Manager: L. Sheedy
Coach: E. O'Shea
Selector: M. Ryan
Trainer: C. O'Neill

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

Tipperary - 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (26th title)

Subs used: 23 C. O'Brien for O'Mahony; 19 S. Callanan for J. O'Brien; 20 B. Dunne for S. McGrath; 24 S. Hennessy for B. Maher; 30 D. Young for Fanning

Subs not used: 16 D. Gleeson; 17 P. Bourke; 18 J. Brennan; 21 D. Egan; 22 T. Hammersley; 23 M. Heffernan; 25 P. Kerwick; 26 S. Maher; 27 H. Maloney; 29 B. O'Meara

Manager: L. Sheedy
Coach: E. O'Shea
Selector: M. Ryan
Trainer: C. O'Neill

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

Tipperary - 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: 21 B. Maher for O'Keeffe; 18 B. Dunne for Callanan; 17 P. Bourke for S. McGrath; 26 D. Young for O'Mahony; 23 J. O'Neill for J. O'Brien

Subs not used: 16 D. Gleeson; 19 P. Kerwick; 20 S. Lillis; 22 B. O'Meara; 24 T. Stapleton; 25 J. Woodlock

Manager: D. Ryan

Coach: T. Dunne
Selector: M. Gleeson
Trainer: C. O'Neill

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

Kerry – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (37th title)

Subs used: 18 M. Geaney for O'Brien; 21 B. J. Keane for P. Geaney; 17 S. Enright for Fitzgerald; 19 Declan O'Sullivan for Walsh; 20 B. Sheehan for Moran; 23 K. O'Leary for Donaghy

Subs not used: 16 B. Kealy; 22 Darran O'Sullivan; 24 J. Lyne; 25 M. Griffin; 26 P. Kilkenny; 27 A. Fitzgerald; 28 C. Cooper; 29 J. Sherwood; 30 D. Casey; 31 P. O'Donoghue; 32 S. O'Callaghan; 33 M. Mangan; 34 F. MacNamara

Manager: É. Fitzmaurice
Selectors: M. Sheehy; D. Murphy
Trainer: C. O'Neill

Kildare football team – managers

É. O'Donoghue (?–1985)
J. Courtney (1985–87)
P. Fitzgerald (1987–90)
M. O'Dwyer (1990–94)
D. Earley (1994–97)
M. O'Dwyer (1997–2002)
P. Nolan (2002–05)
J. Crofton (2005–07)
K. McGeeney (2007–13)
J. Ryan (2013–15)
C. O'Neill (2015–19)
J. O'Connor (2019–)

U-20/U-21

Under-21 (1964–2017)	(201?–present)
Under-20 (2018–present)	D. Burke (?–201?)

Minor
B. Hackett (?–?)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.