Liam McHale

Liam McHale (born 1965) is an Irish Gaelic football coach[1] and former player (and basketballer) who played in midfield with the Mayo county football team between 1985 and 1999.[2]

Liam McHale
Personal information
Irish name Liam MacCeile
Sport Gaelic football, basketball
Position Midfield/Full-forward
Born 1965 (age 55–56)
Ballina, Ireland
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Occupation Football manager
Club(s)
Years Club
?–2004
 Ballina Stephenites
Club titles
Mayo titles 6
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1985–1999
 Mayo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 8
All Stars 1

He played from the start in four finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (including one replay), but was never successful in winning the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Football career

McHale started the 1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, which was won narrowly by Cork.

McHale started the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. It ended in a draw and a replay followed. Meath defeated Mayo, avenging their defeat to the same opposition in the 1951 decider. McHale was sent off, along with Meath's Colm Coyle.[3] He had been man of the match in the drawn game.[4] However, he did win an All Star award later that year.[5]

McHale started the 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, in which Mayo were defeated by Kerry.

Basketball career

McHale won two national basketball Cups with his club Ballina (in 1991 and 1996), as well as a Super League title.[6]

Coaching career

McHale was a Gaelic football selector on the Mayo team that reached the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, which Mayo lost to Kerry.

In 2013, McHale was involved in coaching the successful St Brigid's GAA team which won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, under manager Kevin McStay.[7]

In October 2014, it was announced McHale would join the Cavan backroom team.

McHale also served as a selector of the Roscommon GAA squad which won the 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship. However, his charges were heavily defeated in an All-Ireland quarter-final replay against his native Mayo.

In December 2019, Westmeath GAA club Athlone confirmed that McHale would be its new senior manager.[7]

Personal life

McHale now lives in Carrentrilla in Ballina, County Mayo.

References
  1. "McHale takes over Athlone". Hogan Stand. 3 December 2019.
  2. "McHale slams Mayo backroom". Hogan Stand. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  3. "Liam McHale fears Mayo might have missed best chance". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. Keys, Colm (8 August 2009). "Thirteen years after infamous Mayo-Meath melee the shockwaves have not yet settled". Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 August 2009. He never protested his innocence... At the time McHale, then 32, was Mayo's most influential player. He had been man-of-the-match in the drawn game and very much behind the county's resurgence under John Maughan.... 'all hell broke loose', according to McHale... 'I was right in the middle right from the start'... A year later, Maughan was manager again when Mayo lost to Kerry, while McHale was a selector when they lost the 2004 All-Ireland heavily to the Kingdom.
  5. "1996 GAA All Star football team". Gaelic Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012.
  6. https://www.mayonews.ie/sports/33679-liam-mchale-joins-basketball-s-hall-of-fame
  7. "Liam McHale appointed as new Athlone GAA manager". Westmeath Independent. 3 December 2019.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
?
(?)		 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Man of the Match
1996 (Drawn Game)		 Succeeded by
?
?
(Replay)
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