Tommy Jordan 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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. He managed

Crossmolina Deel Rovers Crossmolina Deel Rovers is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland. The club fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organized by the Mayo GAA county board. History Crossmolina Dr Crokes GAA was aff ...

to the

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and, after unsuccessfully applying for the role of senior manager of the Mayo county team, later managed the Sligo county team from 2007, shortly after the county had won the Connacht Senior Football Championship. The Sligo appointment meant that, with

John Maughan John Maughan (born 1962) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player who most recently managed the Offaly football team. He is a former manager of the Mayo, Clare, Roscommon and Fermanagh senior football teams. He is only the third ...

already managing

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, two men from the same club were managing two of Connacht's five counties. Because Sligo were relegated to Division 4 of the

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, the GAA forced the reigning Connacht champions to participate in the

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instead of the All-Ireland qualifiers when they exited the provincial championship; the county's exit to

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in that competition after many players (including

Eamonn O'Hara Eamonn O'Hara (born 6 September 1975) was until 2013 the longest-serving Gaelic footballer at senior level. He first played in 1994 before officially announcing his retirement from inter-county football on 14 May 2013. He plays for his local clu ...

) declined to participate, led Jordan to resign. Jordan has been described as "quietly spoken".

Stephen Rochford Stephen Rochford (born 10 October 1978) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former manager and player. He was manager of the senior Mayo county team from 2015 to 2018. Raised in Crossmolina, County Mayo, Rochford was educated at Crossmolina ...

has cited Jordan as a coaching influence.

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