Eamonn McEneaney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | County Monaghan | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Nickname | Mac | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1971-1997 | Castleblayney Faughs | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1980s | Monaghan | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 3 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Eamon McEneaney is a retired Irish Gaelic football player and current manager of the Monaghan Senior Football Team.[1]
He took over as manager in October 2010 from Seamus McEnaney who confirmed that he would not allow his name go forward for the role which he had held for the previous six years. The Monaghan County Board decided in August 2010 that he would be forced to go through the nomination process after a poor finish to the 2010 All-Ireland Championship.[2]
As a player with Monaghan, McEneaney won three Ulster Football titles in 1979,1985 and in 1988.he also won an U-21 title as a player in 1981 and as manager of Monaghan U-21's in 1999.He won 2 Ulster club titles in 1986 and 1991 as Captain with his club Castleblayney Faughs.
McEneaney had previously managed Monaghan in a joint capacity with former GAA president Sean McCague in 1997 and then on his own in 1998 and 1999, winning an All-Ireland B Championship in 1998. He subsequently had a spell in charge of Louth from 2006 to 2009, where he guided them to a Division 2 league title, an O'Byrne Cup success in 2009 and a first Leinster Junior title since 1966.[3]
References
- ^ "McEneaney is new Monaghan supremo". RTE Sport. 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ^ "McEnaney pulls out of Monaghan running". RTE Sport. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ^ "McEneaney calls time as Louth supremo". RTE Sport. 2010-09-08. Retrieved 2010-10-05.