It was interesting to note that of the four senior championship matches over the weekend, seven of the teams had home-grown managers, with Leitrim bainisteoir Andy Moran the exception.
That is not unusual when it comes to the race for Sam Maguire. Of the 32 counties who started out (leaving New York aside), only nine are managed by ‘outside’ managers, namely Leitrim, Antrim (Enda McGinley, Tyrone), Roscommon (Anthony Cunningham, Galway), Sligo (Tony McEntee, Armagh), Carlow (Niall Carew, Kildare), Longford (Billy O’Loughlin, Laois), Louth (Mickey Harte, Tyrone), Offaly (John Maughan, Mayo) and Waterford (Ephie Fitzgerald, Cork).
In hurling, the situation is completely different. Thirty-two sides also took their places in the five tiered competitions but only 11 are managed by ‘inside’ men.
Tipperary and Kilkenny lead the way in terms of producing managers, with four from each in charge of teams – Colm Bonnar with his home county, Darren Gleeson (Antrim), Darragh Egan (Wexford) and Liam Cahill (Waterford) and of the Cats, Brian Cody, Henry Shefflin (Galway), David Herity (Kildare) and Michael Fennelly (Offaly).
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- May 9, 2022
