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Tommy Breheny

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Tommy Breheny
Personal information
Born1967 or 1968 (age 56–57)
Club management
Years Club
Around 2001 St Mary's
Inter-county management
Years Team
2006–2007 Sligo
Inter-county titles
County League Province All-Ireland
Sligo 1

Tommy Breheny was a Gaelic football manager and player. He managed his native Sligo between 2006 and 2007. In that time he led the county to a Connacht Senior Football Championship. Breheny won four Sligo Senior Football Championships as a player with the St Mary's club and led it to a further Sligo SFC as manager in 2001. He is married with four children.[1]

Initially serving as part of Sligo manager Dominic Corrigan's backroom team, Breheny succeeded Corrigan for 2006 and 2007, then resigned as Sligo manager in October 2007.[2] He is the older brother of Mark Breheny, who played for Sligo at the time.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Breheny named Sligo Person of the Year". The Sligo Champion. 5 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Why I quit: GAA manager explains shock decision". The Sligo Champion. 16 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Breheny quits Sligo". Hogan Stand. 10 October 2007.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Sligo Senior Football Manager
2006–2007
Succeeded by