Patrick Christie ( ga, Pádraig Mac Críosta; born 1976 in
Dublin
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) is an Irish
Gaelic football
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manager
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and former player who tended to occupy the full-back position for his club
Ballymun Kickhams
Ballymun Kickhams ( Irish: ''Ciceam Bhaile Munna'' ) is a GAA club in Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland. The club has a clubhouse and its home pitch, ''Pairc Ciceam'', just off the Ballymun (junction 4) exit of the M50. Ballymun also has a full size ...
and at senior level for the
Dublin county team. He has been manager of the
Longford county team since 2022.
Playing career
Club
He won an Under 21 Championship with
Ballymun Kickhams
Ballymun Kickhams ( Irish: ''Ciceam Bhaile Munna'' ) is a GAA club in Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland. The club has a clubhouse and its home pitch, ''Pairc Ciceam'', just off the Ballymun (junction 4) exit of the M50. Ballymun also has a full size ...
.
One of the highlights of his achievements at underage level was getting the triple with Ballymun Kickhams U-21 team by winning the Dublin Championship, the North League and then overall league winners in the same season. Although he has retired from inter-county and club football, he occasionally makes substitute appearances or starts for the Ballymun Kickhams club.
Inter-county
He made his inter-county senior debut for the
Dublin
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against
Armagh
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in April 1995.
He was selected in the 2002
GAA All Stars Awards
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team at full-back.
He won three
Leinster Senior Football Championship
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medals, in 2002, 2005 and 2006. He collected a 2006 Leinster championship medal, despite not appearing in any of the matches.
He served as Dublin
captain
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in 2005.
He built himself a "cult following" among Dublin supporters. Christie was expected to make his re-appearance in the Dublin full-back line during the first round of the 2007 National Football League. This changed however, when Christie retired and dedicated himself to completing his Masters at University.
Managerial career
Long after retiring as a player he joined the Tipperary backroom management team led by
David Power, which won the
2020 Munster Senior Football Championship
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, their first in 85 years, fittingly on the centenary weekend of
Bloody Sunday
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at Croke Park in 1920; this role saw Christie return to his roots as he is the son of a Dublin man and Tipperary women.
He spent summers with his family in
Lorrha
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, has managed the
DCU football team and is principal of Kilcoskan National School in North Dublin.
In February 2021, he succeeded
Tom McGlinchey
Thomas "Tom" McGlinchey (born 1972) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former dual player of football and hurling.
Career
Born in Mourneabbey, County Cork, McGlinchey played both Gaelic football and hurling for Clyda Rovers.
In retire ...
as manager of the Tipperary under-20s.
In August 2022, he was appointed as manager of the
Longford senior football team.
References
1976 births
Living people
Alumni of Dublin City University
Ballymun Kickhams Gaelic footballers
Coaches of Gaelic football teams at Irish universities
DCU Gaelic footballers
Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football backs
Heads of schools in Ireland
Irish international rules football players
Irish schoolteachers
People educated at St Aidan's C.B.S.
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