Aidan O'Brien (Gaelic football)

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Aidan O'Brien is a Gaelic football manager. He coached the Wexford county team.

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Early life

He is originally a native of County Westmeath, [1] He later moved to Adamstown, County Wexford.

Career

He was first approached to manage Wexford in 2007 after Paul Bealin resigned, but turned down the offer. [2]

He became the Wexford senior manager after Jason Ryan vacated the position. He held the position from October 2012 until August 2014, reaching the Leinster Senior Football Championship semi-finals on both occasions. [3]

He works as a teacher at Good Counsel College in New Ross and coached them to All-Ireland Colleges Senior football success. His team won the Wexford Senior Football Championship with Horeswood and managed Wexford to a Leinster Under-21 Football Championship. However, the team lost that game to Kildare. [4] He left over family commitments, but coached Geraldine O'Hanrahans to a Junior Football Championship title two years before they gave him to him the Wexford senior position. [4] He was vice-principal of Good Counsel College. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Friday Interview: Aidan O'Brien". Hogan Stand. 28 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Wexford struggle to find football manager". RTÉ. 22 October 2007.
  3. ↑ "Aidan O'Brien steps down as Wexford football manager". RTÉ. 12 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "O'Brien takes over from Ryan as Wexford manager". The Irish Times. 8 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Aidan O'Brien – new Wexford senior football manager". 9 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "O'Brien steps down". New Ross Standard . 13 August 2014.
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Preceded by Wexford Senior Football Manager
2012–2014		Succeeded by
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