Mick O'Dowd

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Mick O'Dowd
Personal information
Irish name Micheál Ó Dubhda
Sport Gaelic football
Position -
Born (1973-11-05) 5 November 1973 (age 47)
Skryne, Meath
Club(s)
YearsClub
? - ?
Skryne
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
? - ?
Meath
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Mick O'Dowd is a former Gaelic footballer and former senior manager for Meath. [1]

O'Dowd previously managed his local club Skryne to success in 2004. [2] He was also a member of the panel in 2001 who were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland final, Galway became the first team to win an All-Ireland having lost in their province.

In October 2012, he was appointed as Meath manager to replace Séamus McEnaney with his colleague Trevor Giles & Séan Kelly. [3] In July 2016 O'Dowd stepped down as manager after 4 years in charge.


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References

  1. O'Dowd ratified as Meath boss
  2. "O'Dowd takes up reins in Royal county". Irish Examiner.
  3. "O'Dowd gets Royal crown". Evening Herald. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
Preceded by
Séamus McEnaney
Meath Senior Football Manager
2012–2016
Succeeded by
Andy McEntee