Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Austin Ó Máille | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Full Forward | ||
Born | Louisburgh, County Mayo | ||
Occupation | Teacher | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2006 2008–2010 2011–2013 2014– | Louisburgh UCD St Vincents St Patrick's Louisburgh | ||
Club titles | |||
titles | 3 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
IT Sligo | |||
College titles | |||
Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2004–2009 2011–2013 | Mayo Wicklow | 50 (7–114) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Connacht titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 1 |
Austin O'Malley is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He represented both the Mayo and Wicklow county teams.
O'Malley won three Connacht Senior Football Championship medals with Mayo. [1] He was involved when Mayo lost the 2004 and 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals. [1]
O'Malley won the 2006 Dublin Senior Football Championship while playing for UCD. [2] In 2011, he transferred to St Patrick's (Wicklow) after three years of playing with St Vincent's. [2]
While playing for St Patrick's, O'Malley also lined out with the Wicklow county team. The transfer process story was leaked to Dublin newspaper, the Metro . [3] While playing for Wicklow he won Division 4 of the National Football League. [1]
As of 2011, he was a teacher at St Benildus College, [2] where he uses the strength and ambition that he gained from years on the training pitch to discipline and motivate the pupils. In later years he formed a performance coaching consultancy, Hexagon Performance. [4] In 2014, he transferred back to his native club Louisburgh in Co Mayo.
O'Malley began managing Cuala in 2022. [4] After two Dublin SFC quarter-final exits in 2022 and 2023, he led that club to a first Dublin SFC title in 2024. [4] [5] He later managed Cuala to the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship title and the 2024–25 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship title. [4] [6] Then he resigned. [4] [7]
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Austin O'Malley led Cuala to yesterday's All-Ireland title... There was one major outside influence on the team, with manager Austin O'Malley, a Mayo native, who had previously been involved at inter-county level as a player with the Green and Red, as well as Wicklow.