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Irish Gaelic football manager

Tomás Ó Flatharta

Personal information

Sport

Gaelic football

Born

Inter-county management

Years	Team
2005–2009 2010–2011 2013–2015	Westmeath Galway Laois

Tomás Ó Flatharta is a Gaelic football manager who is originally from County Kerry. He has managed three county teams: Westmeath, Galway and Laois.

Playing career

Durling his playing days, Ó Flatharta played for his local An Ghaeltacht club and, later, for Dublin GAA club Kilmacud Crokes, with whom he was a member of the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winning side.

Managerial career

Westmeath

Ó Flatharta managed Westmeath from 2005 to 2009 where he succeeded Kerry's Páidí Ó Sé. Ó Flatharta resigned as manager in July 2009 after Westmeath were beaten in the qualifiers by neighbours Meath.

When appointed as Westmeath manager Ó Flatharta was a banker based in Dublin and had been team trainer and selector during the previous two years.

Galway

In October 2010, Ó Flatharta was confirmed as the new Galway manager to succeed former Armagh player Joe Kernan, who resigned early in the summer after a poor season. In August 2011 the Galway County Board decided to relieve him of his post after Galway had been relegated to Div 2 of the National Football League and failed to win a championship match.

Laois

Following the departure of Justin McNulty, Ó Flatharta was drafted in as favourite for the vacant Laois job. In October 2013, Ó Flatharta was confirmed as Laois manager to replace McNulty. He stepped down as manager in July 2015 following their shocking exit against Antrim.

Honours

Westmeath manager

National League 2: 2006, 2008

References

"Westmeath 1-05 Meath 1-15". RTÉ. 11 July 2009. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
"O Flatharta steps down". The Irish Times. 13 July 2009.
"Ó Flatharta confirmed as Westmeath boss". Irish Examiner. 1 October 2005. The Dublin-based banker was the only name put to the midlanders' club delegates and his appointment was ratified at a meeting of the Westmeath Football Board on Wednesday night.
"Ó Flatharta appointed to Tribesmen post". RTÉ. 7 October 2010. Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
"O'Flatharta gets Galway job". BreakingNews.ie. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
"Ousted Of O'Flatharta issues statement after Galway sacking". thescore.ie. 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
"Ó Flatharta set to become the Laois manager". RTÉ. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
"Laois opt for Flatharta as O'Grady linked with Treaty Job". Irish Independent. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
"Tomás Ó Flatharta on verge of being named Laois manager". The Irish Times. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
"Tomás Ó Flatharta appointed Laois football manager". RTÉ. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
"Cunningham closing in on new coach as Laois ratify Ó'Flatharta". Irish Independent. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
"Laois appoint Ó Flatharta as football manager". The42.ie. 22 October 2013.
"Tomás Ó Flatharta steps down as Laois senior football manager". Sky Sports. 25 June 2015.

Sporting positions
Preceded byPáidí Ó Sé	Westmeath Senior Football Manager 2005–2009	Succeeded byBrendan Hackett
Preceded byJoe Kernan	Galway Senior Football Manager 2010–2011	Succeeded byAlan Mulholland
Preceded byJustin McNulty	Laois Senior Football Manager 2013–2015	Succeeded byMick Lillis

v t e Westmeath – 2008 National Football League Div 2 Champions (3rd title)
1 G. Connaughton 2 F. Boyle 3 K. Gavin 4 J. Keane 5 M. Ennis 6 D. Heavin 7 D. Healy 8 M. Flanagan 9 D. O'Donoghue 10 F. Wilson 11 J. Smyth 12 D. Harte 13 A. Mangan 14 Denis Glennon 15 D. Bannon Subs used 28 D. Dolan for Mangan Manager T. Ó Flatharta

Westmeath – 2008 National Football League Div 2 Champions (3rd title)

Subs used: 28 D. Dolan for Mangan

Manager: T. Ó Flatharta

v t e Westmeath football team – managers
B. Murtagh (19??–92) M. Kerrigan (1992–95) B. Rock (1995–97) B. Lowry (1997–00) L. Dempsey (2000–03) P. Ó Sé (2003–05) T. Ó Flatharta (2005–09) B. Hackett (2009–10) P. Flanagan (2010–13) P. Bealin (2013–14) T. Cribbin (2014–17) C. Kelly (2017–18) J. Cooney (2018–22) D. Dolan (2022–) U20s incl. Damien Gavin c. 2022

Westmeath football team – managers

B. Murtagh (19??–92)
M. Kerrigan (1992–95)
B. Rock (1995–97)
B. Lowry (1997–00)
L. Dempsey (2000–03)
P. Ó Sé (2003–05)
T. Ó Flatharta (2005–09)
B. Hackett (2009–10)
P. Flanagan (2010–13)
P. Bealin (2013–14)
T. Cribbin (2014–17)
C. Kelly (2017–18)
J. Cooney (2018–22)
D. Dolan (2022–)

U20s incl. Damien Gavin c. 2022

v t e Galway football team – managers
E. Colleran (1975–77) T. Sands (1977–78) L. O'Neill (1978–80) M. McDonagh (1980–83) T. Regan (1983–84) C. Dunne (1984–86) W. Joyce (1986–89) J. Tobin (1989–93) B. McDermott (1993–96) V. Daly (1996–97) J. O'Mahony (1997–2004) P. Ford (2004–07) L. Sammon (2007–09) J. Kernan (2009–10) T. Ó Flatharta (2010–11) A. Mulholland (2011–14) K. Walsh (2014–2019) P. Joyce (2019–) Under-20s incl. G. Fahy: until 2018 • P. Joyce: 2018–2019 • D. Ó Fátharta: 2019?– Minors incl. S. Joyce: c. 2015 • D. Ó Fátharta: c. 2018

Galway football team – managers

E. Colleran (1975–77)
T. Sands (1977–78)
L. O'Neill (1978–80)
M. McDonagh (1980–83)
T. Regan (1983–84)
C. Dunne (1984–86)
W. Joyce (1986–89)
J. Tobin (1989–93)
B. McDermott (1993–96)
V. Daly (1996–97)
J. O'Mahony (1997–2004)
P. Ford (2004–07)
L. Sammon (2007–09)
J. Kernan (2009–10)
T. Ó Flatharta (2010–11)
A. Mulholland (2011–14)
K. Walsh (2014–2019)
P. Joyce (2019–)

Under-20s incl. G. Fahy: until 2018 • P. Joyce: 2018–2019 • D. Ó Fátharta: 2019?–

Minors incl. S. Joyce: c. 2015 • D. Ó Fátharta: c. 2018

v t e Laois football team – managers
B. Miller (1987–89) R. Connor (1989–93) C. Browne (1993–96) M. Dempsey (1996–98) T. Cribbin (1998–2000) C. Browne (2000–02) M. O'Dwyer (2002–06) L. Kearns (2006–08) S. Dempsey (2008–10) J. McNulty (2010–13) T. Ó Flatharta (2013–15) M. Lillis (2015–16) P. Creedon (2016–17) J. Sugrue (2017–19) M. Quirke (2019–21) B. Sheehan (2021–23) J. McNulty (2023–-)

Laois football team – managers

B. Miller (1987–89)
R. Connor (1989–93)
C. Browne (1993–96)
M. Dempsey (1996–98)
T. Cribbin (1998–2000)
C. Browne (2000–02)
M. O'Dwyer (2002–06)
L. Kearns (2006–08)
S. Dempsey (2008–10)
J. McNulty (2010–13)
T. Ó Flatharta (2013–15)
M. Lillis (2015–16)
P. Creedon (2016–17)
J. Sugrue (2017–19)
M. Quirke (2019–21)
B. Sheehan (2021–23)
J. McNulty (2023–-)

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