Mick Deegan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál Ó Duíginn | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left half back | ||
| Born | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1982 -? | Erins Isle | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Dublin titles | 2 | ||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1985 - | Dublin | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 9 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Mick Deegan (born 1964) is a former manager of the Dublin junior Gaelic football team and Fingal Ravens.[1] He is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer for Dublin, and a former footballer for Crusaders.
Playing career
[edit]Mick won his first inter-county medal for Dublin in 1982 when Dublin won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. He went on to make his debut for the Dublin senior football team in a National Football League game against Longford in 1985. In his 1991 all star year, he was on the victorious National football league Dublin team that defeated Kildare. He won his second NFL medal with Dublin in 1993, in a hard-fought final against Donegal. The game was brought to a replay which Dublin eventually won to win their 8th title.
He also won the All-Ireland senior football championship with Dublin in 1995. The game which finished on a scoreline of 1–10 to 0–12, was against Tyrone.
In the Dublin Senior Football Championship, Deegan had a successful club career with Erin's Isle. He appeared in his first Dublin championship in 1982, the same year in which he won an all-Ireland minor medal. Ballymun Kickhams went on to win the 1982 Dublin championship. He eventually won his first Dublin championship with Erins Isle in 1993 by beating Kilmacud Crokes in the final. The next three consecutive finals resulted in losses to Kilmacud Crokes in 1994, Ballyboden St Endas in 1995 and St. Sylvester's, Malahide in 1996. He won his final championship with Erins Isle in 1997. After the 1997 win, Erins Isle went on to win the 1997 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.
Deegan also had spells playing soccer for Tolka Rovers, and for Northern Irish club Crusaders, with whom he won the Irish Premier League title in 1995 and 1997. He played as a defender.[2][3]
He is a garage proprietor by trade.
Managerial career
[edit]He is the current manager of Fingal Ravens and guided them to their first ever Dublin Intermediate Football Championship in 2007. This means that Ravens will play in the Dublin Senior Football Championship in 2008. He won the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship title as manager of Fingal Ravens on 9 December 2007. Deegan also manages the Dublin county junior football team, which won the All Ireland Junior Title in 2008.
He has been a selector for the Dublin senior football team under Jim Gavin.
References
[edit]- ^ Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling
- ^ Campbell, John (28 January 1998). "GAA: Deegan in demand". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ Mick Deegan at WorldFootball.net
External links
[edit]- All Stars Awards winners (football)
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers
- Erins Isle Gaelic footballers
- Gaelic football backs
- Gaelic footballers who switched code
- Gaelic football managers
- Gaelic football selectors
- Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- Association footballers from County Dublin
- Men's association football defenders
- NIFL Premiership players
- Crusaders F.C. players
- Tolka Rovers F.C. players
- 20th-century Irish sportsmen