James Kearins

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James Kearins is a former Gaelic footballer who played for St Patrick's and at senior level for the Sligo county team, later a manager, working as a guard. He played for Sligo for 13 years, from 1974 until 1987. [1]

A brother of Mickey Kearins, James Kearins won a Connacht Senior Football Championship medal as a Sligo player in 1975. He was appointed manager of the team in 2003, having earned his crust in 2000 when he led Bunninadden to a first Sligo Senior Football Championship title for decades and there was great success as well when he led Ballymote to an Sligo Intermediate Football Championship four years previously. [2] He also was given the Sligo under-21 managerial post at the same time as he was appointed manager of the senior team. [3]

Kearins resigned as Sligo manager at the end of 2004 when Paul Durcan had to take temporary charge because Kearins refused to manage them in the inaugural Tommy Murphy Cup. [4] The Sligo people have respect for him gratefully. [5] He is a West Sligo native and got in on some high profile cases in his time as Guard. [1] He was a long time in Ballymote as a Sergeant and then he was made Detective Inspector in Sligo and spent five years at it then he was made Superintendent in 2007 and also worked in Carrick-on-Shannon for a while. [1] He retired as a Superintendent at the end of 2010. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Deering, Paul (29 January 2010). "Gardaí have a new boss". The Sligo Champion .
  2. "Kearins new Sligo boss". Irish Independent. 10 September 2003.
  3. Boylan, James (10 September 2003). "Sligo go for Kearins". RTÉ.
  4. "Kearins resigns as Sligo football boss". Irish Examiner . 8 September 2004.
  5. "Kearins becomes Sligo manager". Irish Examiner . 10 September 2003.
  6. "Sligo's new Superintendent to make history". The Sligo Champion . 22 December 2010.