Dominic Corrigan (Gaelic footballer)

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Dominic "Dom" Corrigan (born 1962) is a Gaelic footballer and manager. He played for Kinawley and the Fermanagh county team. He later managed the Fermanagh and Sligo teams.

Dominic Corrigan
Personal information
Irish name Damhnaic Ó Corragáin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full-forward
Born 1962 (age 61–62)[1][2]
Height 5 ft 10[1] in (1.78 m)
Nickname Dom[2][3]
Occupation Schoolteacher
Club(s)
Years Club
Kinawley
Colleges(s)
Years College
Jordanstown
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
Fermanagh

Family life

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Corrigan received his education at St Aidan's in Derrylin and at St Michael's College, Enniskillen (where he would later go on to teach at).[1] He then went to Jordanstown, winning an All-Ireland Colleges Trench Cup medal in 1984.[1] He moved home to Enniskillen in 1987.[2]

A member of a family of eight, Corrigan married Mary (née McCabe) from Aghadrumsee.[1] Their first child, Tomás Corrigan, would go on to play for Fermanagh.[1][4] He has another son, Ruáirí, who is also a Gaelic footballer.[2]

Playing career

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Corrigan is a Kinawley clubman.[5] He made his debut for Kinawley as an eleven-year-old goalkeeper in 1973.[2]

Corrigan played as a full-forward for Fermanagh.[1] He was involved in the 1982 campaign, when he scored 1–3 against Tyrone in that year's Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) semi-final.[1] Between 1982 and 1992, Corrigan won a Division 2 County League medal, an Intermediate Championship medal in 1988 (to go with the won he one in 1981) and multiple underage souvenirs.[1]

Ten years later, at the age of thirty, he was one of two remaining players.[1]

Managerial career

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Corrigan first picked up his whistle[clarification needed] at St Michael's College, Enniskillen in the 1980s and went on to become "synonymous with Gaelic football" there.[6] He led the college to a first Hogan Cup (All-Ireland) title in 2019.[7]

Corrigan also managed Fermanagh and Sligo during the 2000s.[5] He stepped down as Fermanagh manager in December 2003.[8] As a 41-year-old that year, he was the youngest inter-county manager on the scene.[9] He subsequently left his position as Sligo manager, due to difficult circumstances in 2006.[10]

Corrigan won several SFCs in club management. As of December 2021, he had won championships with five clubs in three counties, a total of seven County Senior Championship titles.[2] He was involved in coaching along with Pete McMahon as Castleblayney won a Monaghan crown in 1999 and 2000. Additionally, Corrigan managed Carrickmore in 2004, Clontibret in 2014, and Killyclogher in 2016.[5] He led Ballinamore to a Leitrim Senior Football Championship title in 2021 when he was close to sixty years of age.[5] This was a first SFC title for Leitrim GAA's most successful club since 1990, as well as Corrigan's sixth county title.[5] He has spoken in support of the quality of football played in Leitrim.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Corrigan, Dominic". Hogan Stand. 19 June 1992. Still only thirty years old, the fully-qualified Physical Education Teacher will be the most Senior hand on deck for Fermanagh this weekend as the provincial minnows
  2. ^ a b c d e f Brennan, Katrina (9 December 2021). "Corrigan is coming home". Fermanagh Herald.
  3. ^ "Why I quit: GAA manager explains shock decision". The Sligo Champion. 16 October 2007.
  4. ^ Clerkin, Malachy (20 May 2017). "When small Fermanagh victories mean as much as All-Irelands do to Dublin". The Irish Times.
  5. ^ a b c d e Loughran, Neil (19 October 2021). "Dominic Corrigan open to inter-county return in 2022 after Leitrim SFC success". The Irish News.
  6. ^ Bradley, Colm (22 October 2016). "Dominic Corrigan: The man in charge of St Michael's, Enniskillen football factory". The Irish News.
  7. ^ McKenna, Conor (6 April 2019). "Enniskillen's St Michael's College take first Hogan Cup title". The Irish Times.
  8. ^ "Mulgrew takes over at Fermanagh". RTÉ. 16 January 2004.
  9. ^ Donoghue, Eamon (11 August 2016). "GAA Statistics: Gaelic football is a young man's game — on and off the field". The Irish Times. The youngest manager back then — in just the third ever series of football quarter finals after the introduction of the qualifiers — was 41-year-old Dominic Corrigan.
  10. ^ "Breheny quits Sligo". Hogan Stand. 10 October 2007.
  11. ^ McKeon, Conor (18 October 2021). "Two-tier championship must be part of football revamp — Dominic Corrigan". Irish Independent.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Fermanagh Senior Football Manager
2001–2003
Succeeded by
Preceded by Sligo Senior Football Manager
2004–2006
Succeeded by