Dominic Corrigan (Gaelic footballer)
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| 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 | |||
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.
Family life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e f Brennan, Katrina (9 December 2021). "Corrigan is coming home". Fermanagh Herald.
- ^ "Why I quit: GAA manager explains shock decision". The Sligo Champion. 16 October 2007.
- ^ Clerkin, Malachy (20 May 2017). "When small Fermanagh victories mean as much as All-Irelands do to Dublin". The Irish Times.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bradley, Colm (22 October 2016). "Dominic Corrigan: The man in charge of St Michael's, Enniskillen football factory". The Irish News.
- ^ McKenna, Conor (6 April 2019). "Enniskillen's St Michael's College take first Hogan Cup title". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Mulgrew takes over at Fermanagh". RTÉ. 16 January 2004.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Breheny quits Sligo". Hogan Stand. 10 October 2007.
- ^ McKeon, Conor (18 October 2021). "Two-tier championship must be part of football revamp — Dominic Corrigan". Irish Independent.
External links
[edit]- "Dominic Corrigan wants GAA Special Congress to 'do what's right for our players'" Paul Keane, Irish Examiner, 19 Oct 2021