Mick O'Dowd is a former

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er and who was once

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of the Meath senior team. O'Dowd previously managed his local club Skryne to success in 2004. Before that he was a member of the 2001 All-Ireland SFC final panel that lost to

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, with Galway becoming the first team to win an All-Ireland title after having lost in their

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. In October 2012, O'Dowd was appointed as Meath manager to replace

Séamus McEnaney Séamus McEnaney (born 1967/1968) is a Gaelic football manager and businessman. He has managed his native Monaghan county team (in two spells), as well as the Meath and Wexford county teams. Personal life His brother Pat is a former inter-c ...

, with his colleague Trevor Giles and Séan Kelly. In July 2016, O'Dowd stepped down as manager after four years in charge.

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