Luke Dempsey

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Luke Dempsey (born 1959) is a Gaelic football manager. His managerial career began in 1994. [1] He has managed three county teams: Westmeath, Longford and Carlow, as well as several clubs in Kildare, Westmeath and Meath.

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Career

Dempsey guided Westmeath to an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title in 1995 and to an All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship title in 1999, then in his first season as senior manager led the team to an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final. [2] He left Westmeath at the end of August 2003. [3]

From 1995 until 2017, Dempsey's managerial roles were with: the Westmeath minor team (1995/1996), the Westmeath under-21 team (1997/1998/1999/2000), the Westmeath senior team (2001/2002/2003), the Carlow senior team (2004, on an interim basis), the Longford senior team (2005/2006/2007/2008), the Carlow senior team (2009/2010/2011/2012), Kildare GAA club Moorefield (2013/2014) and Westmeath GAA club St Loman's (2015/2016/2017). [4] [5]

He was appointed Longford manager in September 2004 and remained in that role until resigning in July 2008. [6] [7] [8]

Dempsey led Moorefield to the 2014 Kildare Senior Football Championship, then returned to Westmeath as manager of the St Loman's club. [4] His managerial record also ingludes leading the St Loman's club to the retention of a Westmeath Senior Football Championship title for the first time in its history, this achieved in 2016. [9] He led St Loman's to a Leinster Senior Club Football Championship final against his former club Moorefield in 2017. [10] He was appointed manager of Meath GAA club Gaeil Colmcille in 2021. [11] He left after one season and was appointed manager of Longford GAA club Killoe Young Emmets in November 2022. [12]

Personal life

Dempsey is originally from County Kildare, [4] a native of Johnstownbridge. [11] He lived in County Carlow from the age of ten. [4] However, he later moved to live in Westmeath after securing a job there in 1981, teaching matematics at St Joseph's SC in Rochfortbridge. [4] After setting out teaching there in 1981 as a 21-year-old, he managed St Joseph's Rochfortbridge to a Leinster Colleges Senior Football Championship title in 2020, a year before retiring. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Callaghan, Tommy (18 April 2020). "Kildare's Luke Dempsey: manager supreme". Kildare Now.
  2. 1 2 "'It means the world to me' – Luke Dempsey". Westmeath Independent. 24 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Hickey, Paddy (28 August 2003). "Dempsey decides to quit Westmeath". Irish Independent. Dempsey led Westmeath to the All-Ireland minor title in 1995 and the All-Ireland U-21 crown in 1999 before taking over from Brendan Lowry as senior manager.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Rooney, Declan (25 June 2015). "Luke Dempsey: It's our best ever chance to beat Royals". Irish Independent. The fact that Dempsey refers to Westmeath as 'we' should not disguise his true colours. He is often referred to as a 'Westmeath native', but he is in fact Kildare-born... 'I am a Kildare native, I've always loved Kildare and I'll be shouting for them too on Sunday', he says. 'When I was ten I moved to Carlow and it was only when I got the job in Westmeath in 1981 and moved here the following year that I formed the connection'. A Westmeath resident... He stepped down as Westmeath manager after the '03 season when the county board asked him to interview for his own job.
  5. ↑ O'Riordan, Ian (6 December 2017). "Luke Dempsey enjoying managerial merry-go-round". The Irish Times.
  6. ↑ "Past Longford Managers". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  7. ↑ "Dempsey takes charge in Longford". RTÉ. 11 September 2004.
  8. ↑ "Dempsey calls time on Longford reign". RTÉ. 19 July 2008.
  9. ↑ "St Loman's manager says Shane Dempsey was the difference". RTÉ. 30 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Luke Dempsey keen to take care of business with St Loman's". RTÉ. 7 December 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Dempsey appointed Gaeil Colmcille manager". Hogan Stand. 14 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "Dempsey takes charge of Killoe - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
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