Dr Cian O'Neill is an Irish former

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er who has since been a

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coach (physical trainer), selector and

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with various county teams. He has been attached to the

Galway county football team The Galway county football team ( ) represents County Galway, Galway in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Galway GAA, the County board (Gaelic games), county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major a ...

, under

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, since 2021. O'Neill trained the

Tipperary county hurling team The Tipperary county hurling team represents County Tipperary, Tipperary in hurling and is governed by Tipperary GAA, the County board (Gaelic games), county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual ...

that won the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. After involvement with the Mayo and

Kerry county football team The Kerry county football team represents Kerry in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Kerry GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland S ...

s, he served as manager of the

Kildare county football team The Kildare county football team represents Kildare in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Kildare GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ire ...

for several years.

Career

O'Neill is originally from

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. He played football for

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club Moorefield but his career was cut short by serious back injury. O'Neill has coached both the

and the

. As well as the

Mayo county football team The Mayo county football team (;) represents Mayo in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Mayo GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Irelan ...

, after Tipperary and before Kerry and while with Kerry he was also a selector. While with Kerry he was involved in the documentary ''

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''. O'Neill was a member of

Liam Sheedy Liam Sheedy (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish hurling manager and former player who was the manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team on two occasions. Born in Portroe, County Tipperary, Sheedy enjoyed All-Ireland success as a schoolboy h ...

's management team that won the 2009

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. The team also reached the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final but lost to

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. O'Neill was also the Tipperary trainer when the county won the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final and was runner-up in

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. At the end of September 2011 he left the Tipperary panel after being involved for four years. He coached the Mayo team that contested the

2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final The 2012 All-Ireland Football Championship 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 considere ...

. O'Neill later served as manager of the senior Kildare county team between 2015 and 2019. He was a lecturer at the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science in UL and in September 2013 was appointed as Head of Department of Sports, Leisure and Childhood Studies at Cork Institute of Technology. He joined the

as coach under the management of

ahead of the 2022 season.

References

External links

Tipperary Player Profiles
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