David Power (Gaelic football manager)

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David Power (Gaelic football manager) - Wikipedia

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David Power

Personal information

Irish name

Daithí de Paor

Sport

Gaelic football

Born

1983 (age 40–41)
Kilsheelan, County Tipperary, Ireland

Inter-county management

Years	Team
2014–2016 2019–2023	Wexford Tipperary

David Power (born 1983) is an Irish Gaelic football manager. He managed the Tipperary county team from 2019, having previously managed Wexford. In 2020, he led Tipperary to a first Munster Senior Football Championship title for 85 years.

Career

Born in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary, Power played for the Kilsheelan–Kilcash club.

Power went on to become involved in team management and coaching. An All-Ireland-winning manager with Tipperary in the minor grade, he has also taken charge of the Tipperary under-21 and junior teams.^[1]

Power was the manager of the senior Wexford county team from 2014 until 2016.^[2]^[3]

In September 2019, Power was named as the new manager of the Tipperary senior football team on a two-year term.^[4]^[5]

On 22 November 2020, he managed Tipperary to their first Munster Senior Football Championship title for 85 years.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

In the 2020 All-Ireland SFC semi-final on 6 December, Tipperary again faced Mayo. In foggy conditions and losing by 16 points at half-time they eventually lost the game by a scoreline of 5–20 to 3–13.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

In September 2021, Power was given a new three-year term in charge of the Tipperary senior football team.^[14] He resigned in June 2023,^[15] leaving the role vacant until Paul Kelly was appointed in late 2023.^[16]

Honours

Manager

Tipperary

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 2011
Munster Minor Football Championship (2): 2011, 2012
Munster Senior Football Championship (1): 2020

References

^ "Kilsheelan hero David Power honoured as Tipperary Person of the Year". Nationalist. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Power to take Wexford hot-seat as Glynn takes break". Irish Independent. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Tipperary native Power steps down as Wexford senior football boss after two seasons in charge". The42.ie. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
^ "Power named as new Tipperary football boss". RTÉ. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
^ "2011 All-Ireland minor winning manager takes over Tipp senior footballers". The42.ie. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
^ "Tipperary end 85 year wait to win Munster Crown". RTÉ. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "David Power: 'Emotional, very emotional, today Tipperary needed to win a senior title'". The42.ie. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "TIPPERARY 0–17 CORK 0–14". GAA.ie. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "The Big Interview — David Power". GAA.ie. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
^ "All-Ireland SFC semi-final: Mayo 5–20 Tipperary 3–13 (FT)". The Irish Times. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ "MAYO 5–20 TIPPERARY 3–13". GAA.ie. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ "All-Ireland semi-final recap: Mayo 5–20 Tipperary 3–13". RTÉ. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ "Mayo 5–20 Tipperary 3–13: as it happened". The42.ie. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ "Munster winning boss to stay with Tipp footballers for new three-year term". The42.ie. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ "David Power steps down as Tipperary senior manager". 6 June 2023.
^ "Paul Kelly set to be announced as new Tipperary manager". 31 October 2023.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Philly Ryan	Tipperary Minor Football Manager 2008–2012	Succeeded by Charlie McGeever
Preceded by John Evans	Tipperary Under-21 Football Manager 2012–2014	Succeeded by Tommy Toomey
Preceded by Jim O'Meara	Tipperary Junior Football Manager 2013–2014	Succeeded by Tommy Toomey
Preceded by Aidan O'Brien	Wexford Senior Football Manager 2014–2016	Succeeded by Séamus McEnaney
Preceded by Liam Kearns	Tipperary Senior Football Manager 2019–2023	Succeeded by Paul Kelly
Achievements
Preceded by Raymond Munroe (Tyrone)	All-Ireland MFC winning manager 2011	Succeeded by Dessie Farrell (Dublin)

Tipperary - 2011 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (2nd title)

Subs used: P. Quirke for J. McGrath; C. Kennedy for T. J. Ryan; A. McGuire for C. O'Riordan; J. Lonergan for G. Henry; J. Martin for B. Maher

Manager: D. Power
Selectors: T. Duggan; F. McDonnell

Tipperary – Bloody Sunday Centenary Team & 2020 Munster Senior Football Champions

1 E. Comerford
2 C. O'Shaughnessy
3 A. Campbell
4 J. Feehan
5 B. Maher
6 K. Fahey
7 R. Kiely
8 S. O'Brien
9 L. Casey
10 B. Fox
11 M. Quinlivan
19 C. O'Riordan
13 Colman Kennedy
14 Conor Sweeney (c)
15 Conal Kennedy

Subs: 26 Liam Boland for Colman Kennedy (51 mins); 21 Paudie Feehan for K. Fahey (54 mins); 12 Emmett Moloney for B. Fox (61 mins); 20 Pádraic Looram for R. Kiely (63 mins); 23 P. Austin for L. Casey (71 mins)

Manager: D. Power

Selectors: C. McGeever; M. McGeehin; P. Christie; Joe Hayes

Tipperary football team – managers

J. Mulvihill (1985–90)
M. Niblock (1990–91)
S. McCarthy (1991–96)
P. Morrissey (1996–97)
C. Browne (1997–99)
C. O'Flaherty (1999–00)
T. McGlinchey (2000–03)
A. Shortall (2003–04)
S. McCarthy (2004–06)
J. Owens (2006–07)
J. Evans (2007–12)
P. Creedon (2012–15)
L. Kearns (2015–19)
D. Power (2019–23)
P. Kelly (2023–24)

U-20/U-21

Under-21 (1964–2017)	S. McCarthy (1985–88) C. O'Flaherty (1988–91) N. Byrne (1991–94) J. Cummins (1994–96) D. Ryan (1996–97) S. McCarthy (1997–99) W. Moloney (1999–01) J. Cummins (2001–03) S. McCarthy (2005–06) P. Creedon (2006–08) J. Evans (2008–12) D. Power (2012–14) T. Toomey (2014–16) D. Browne (2016–17)
Under-20 (2018–present)	D. Power (2017–18) T. McGlinchey (2018–20/1?) P. Christie (2021–)

Minor
T. Kirwan (2000–01) T. O'Connor (2001–03) P. Creedon (2003–06) P. Ryan (2006–08) D. Power (2008–12) C. McGeever (2012–2015) T. Toomey (2015–?) M. O'Doherty (2017–?) P. Creedon (2018–)

Junior
B. Guiry (1985–86) W. Robinson (1986–88) J. Mulvihill (1988–90) W. Robinson (1990–95) C. O'Dwyer (1995–96) P. Morrissey (1996–97) S. McCarthy (1997–03) L. Molloy (2003–05) C. O'Dwyer (2005–07) P. Savage (2007–09) T. Toomey (2009–11) J. O'Meara (2011–13) D. Power (2013–14) T. Toomey (2014–)

Wexford football team – managers

L. Fardy (1991–95)
C. Hughes (1995–98)
J. J. Barrett (1998–99)
G. Halligan (1999–02)
D. Twomey (2002–03)
P. Roe (2003–05)
P. Bealin (2005–07)
J. Ryan (2007–12)
A. O'Brien (2012–14)
D. Power (2014–16)
S. McEnaney (2016–17)
P. McLoughlin (2017–19)
P. Galvin (2019–20)
S. Roche (2020–21**)
S. Roche (2021–22)
J. Hegarty (2022–)

**=Interim manager

Under-20s incl. D. Murphy: 2021–

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