Colm Collins is a

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, associated with

Cratloe GAA Cratloe GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Cratloe, County Clare, Ireland. The club deals with both Gaelic football and hurling and basketball. The club competes in Clare GAA competitions. In November 2013, Cra ...

club.

Career

Collins is a native of

Kilmihil Kilmihil () is a village in the Barony of Clonderlaw, west County Clare, Ireland. It is also a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaelt ...

. He began managing Clare in late 2013 and became the longest-serving inter-county football manager when Mickey Harte left Tyrone. Collins led Clare from Division 4 to Division 3 of the

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, then to Division 2 where he consolidated his team's position. He led Clare to the

2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 129th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887. 33 teams took part. 31 of the 32 Counties of Ireland participated, with Kilke ...

qauerter-finals. He stayed on as Clare's manager for 2018. At the end of that year he became the fourth longest-serving manager after Mickey Harte, Jim Gavin and

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. At the end of 2019, the third longest, he announced then that he would take time to consider his future after Clare's championship exit. He led Clare to the

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quarter-finals, when they had the beating of

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was reappointed for the 2023 season, having been appointed as Armagh manager in 2014. With his appointment for a tenth season at the end of 2022, Collins became the longest serving inter-county manager in either code (since

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had earlier resigned as Kilkenny hurling manager).

Personal life

His son, Podge, is a footballer and hurler. Podge concentrated on the football for 2015. He concentrated on the football for 2021, from '14 up until '16, he did the two teams but only hurling in '17.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Colm Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Gaelic football managers People from County Clare