Maxi Curran is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

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from

Downings Downings or Downies () is a ''Gaeltacht'' village and townland on the Rosguill peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. The village is on the shores of Sheephaven Bay on the north coast of Ireland. Name As the village is in a ''Gaeltacht'' district ...

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...

. He attended Mulroy College in Milford for his

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. Curran succeeded McGuinness as Donegal under-21 football team

on 19 January 2012. He has also been manager of the Donegal under-16 and minor football teams and clubs County Donegal and

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. He has also been a manager in

ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...

. In Curran's first season as Donegal under-21 football team manager, Donegal were beaten in Ulster by Tyrone. Part of the

2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final The 2012 All-Ireland Football Final, the 125th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was played at Croke Park, Dublin, on 23 September 2012. Donegal and Mayo, widely considered "one of the mos ...

-winning team, he was with them when they appeared on '' The Late Late Show''. Curran took charge of Donegal for the 2013 Dr McKenna Cup. He resigned as a

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for the senior team in 2013. McGuinness ousted him. In December 2019, Curran was unveiled as manager of the Donegal Under-14 Academy Squad. In November 2020, and ahead of the 2021 season, Curran took over as team trainer at the

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club under the management of

Kevin Cassidy Kevin Cassidy (born 1981) is an Irish-Scottish Gaelic footballer, businessperson, columnist and commentator. Though born in Glasgow, Scotland, he has been living in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal from a young age. Cassidy plays his club football ...

and Joe Duffy. He succeeded

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as manager of LYIT in 2022.

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