John Hegarty (Gaelic footballer)

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John Hagerty is a Gaelic football manager and former player who currently manages the Wexford county football team. He previously played for Wexford and Killanerin, as well as Leinster and UCD. He was a full-forward during his playing career.

He made 105 appearances for Wexford and his inter-county career went from 1995 up until 2006, scoring 21–125 in all that time. [1] Wexford went from Division 4 to Division 1 National Football League during his career and they got to the Division 1 final back in 2005. [2]

He played for Leinster and won a Railway Cup. [1] He played for UCD and won a Sigerson Cup. [1] He won six Wexford Senior Football Championship titles when he was playing and one Intermediate Football Championship title. [1]

After his retirement, he went on to become a manager. [1] He won Senior Football Championships with Kilanerin as a player-manager and Shelmaliers. [1] He was appointed as Wexford manager in September 2022, following the retirement of Shane Roche. [3] [4] [5] He continued to be Shelmaliers boss for the Senior Football Championship after his name was revealed for the Wexford post. [6]

He is originally from Kilanerin and lives in Wexford town. [1] Outside of football, Hegarty is the deputy principal in the Wexford CBS [7] and was a Fine Gael member of Wexford County Council. [8] He was the deputy Mayor of Wexford from 2021 to 2022. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lawlor, Damian (10 September 2022). "Wexford to appoint John Hegarty as new football manager". RTÉ.
  2. ↑ Barry, Brian (16 September 2022). "Wexford's new football manager John Hegarty says there can be better days ahead for the Model County". Sky Sports.
  3. ↑ "Hegarty keen to see Wexford football back with a good following". Hogan Stand. 15 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Manning, Gordon (10 September 2022). "John Hegarty named as new Wexford senior football manager". The Irish Times.
  5. ↑ "Wexford set to appoint Hegarty as new football boss". Hogan Stand. 10 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Backroom team to work with new Wexford football manager John Hegarty yet to be finalised". Wexford People . 21 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "New Wexford football manager John Hegarty wants players to answer county's call". independent. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  8. ↑ "New Wexford boss John Hegarty is one of our own and that has to be a bonus". independent. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  9. ↑ "Garry Laffan is new Mayor of Wexford". independent. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
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