What jobs do Gaelic footballers have?

Shmuck

anyone know what careers footballers have? what does colm cooper do? what does stephen o'neil do?

smashey

Stephen O'Neill is a teacher as are Peter Canavan (I know he's retired), Colm McFadden and Rory Kavanagh from Donegal. Brian Dooher is a vet. Gooch works for a bank afaik.

Yavvy

they are regular people with regular jobs, of course they all try and find jobs thet will afford them some flexability and understanding.

GAAman

smashey wrote: »

Gooch works for a bank afaik.

Ulster bank i believe as does sean og, Brian dooher is a vet and practices here in derry and i have to bring the kitten to the local vet next week so it might be his place (she will be wearin some blue of course ) , Paul Griffin is a physio (i think)

Tom and marc o se are teachers also

EDIT Forgot Shane Ryan is a teacher know he was teachin in ballymun/surroundin area

kerry4sam

down here in the Kingdom they work as Bank Officials; Publicans; Draughtsmen; Sales Rep's; Insurance Brokers; Auctioneers; Teachers; Gardai ... They really are just normal men doing everyday jobs and i am wondering what the point of this thread is

Orizio

Pig farmers of course.

DenMan

I read that Sean Og O' Hailpin works in a bank in Cork (Ulster I believe) and is a loan's deciding officer. The Kilkenny hurling manager is a teacher I believe.

blackbelt

Ok I will post the Dublin team plus a few others I know.

1.Stephen Cluxton (Teacher)
2.David Henry (Teacher)
3.McConnell (????)
4.Barry Cahill (Sales manager)
5.Paul Griffin (Physio)
6.Ger Brennan (????)
7.Collie Moran (Sales rep)
8.Bryan Cullen (Salesman)
9.Shane Ryan (Teacher)
10.Ciaran Whelan (Insurance)
11.Sherlock (Salesman)
12.Alan Brogan (Car salesman)
13.Bernard Brogan (?????)
14.Mossy Quinn (Insurance/Dalkia)
15.Diarmuid Connolly (Electrician)
16.Mark Vaughan (Post-grad Student)
17.John O Brien (Garda)
18.Keaney (???)

Colm Cooper (Kerry - Bank Official)
Ciaran MacDonald (Mayo - Civil engineer)
Paul Galvin (Kerry - teacher)

Curlypinkie

blackbelt wrote: »

Ok I will post the Dublin team plus a few others I know.

1.Stephen Cluxton (Teacher)
2.David Henry (Teacher)
3.McConnell (????)
4.Barry Cahill (Sales manager)
5.Paul Griffin (Physio)
6.Ger Brennan (????)
7.Collie Moran (Sales rep)
8.Bryan Cullen (Salesman)
9.Shane Ryan (Teacher)
10.Ciaran Whelan (Insurance)
11.Sherlock (Salesman)
12.Alan Brogan (Car salesman)
13.Bernard Brogan (?????)
14.Mossy Quinn (Insurance/Dalkia)
15.Diarmuid Connolly (Electrician)
16.Mark Vaughan (Post-grad Student)
17.John O Brien (Garda)
18.Keaney (???)

Colm Cooper (Kerry - Bank Official)
Ciaran MacDonald (Mayo - Civil engineer)
Paul Galvin (Kerry - teacher)

3.McConnell (Student)
6.Ger Brennan (Student)

Zzippy

I always thought Ciaran Whelan was a garda, no?

I think it shows some dedication that these guys can work a normal job and fit in 4-5 nights of training a week, along with all the other sacrifices they have to make to play inter county. Fair play to them!

Evil_Clown

I think it's mad the way most Footballers or Hurlers are either
Teachers, Bank Officials or Gardai
I suppose it must be the flexibilty of those jobs

biko

Michael Meehan works in Bank of Ireland iirc

mickdlk

I know a Louth player not naming anyone, who is on the Social Welfare:D:eek:

Orizio

mickdlk wrote: »

I know a Louth player not naming anyone, who is on the Social Welfare:D:eek:

Nonsense! None of dem furnurs play Gaelic Football...

ibh

A few that I know;
Paul Hearty – Electrician
Francie Bellew – Builder(?)
Kernans - Estate Agents
Martin Mc Grath, Ferm’h Engineer / QS I think? (He was on a project I worked on before but can’t remember what he was doing)
Aidan O’Rouke Proprietor of a Sports Photography business in Newry. Stevie McDonnell may have been involved as well
Ronan Clarke Teacher, I think. (He trained as a teacher in Belfast anyway)
Paddy Bradley – I heard he was employed by a prominent builder in Derry because of the publicity that he brings and is a good man to have sitting in a meeting, especially if the other parties are football fans. (I don’t know how true this is, but it did come from a team mate of his.)
Owen Mulligan – Builder


Know a few of the Louth players occupations as well but most people probably won't know them.

smashey

ibh wrote: »

A Paddy Bradley – I heard he was employed by a prominent builder in Derry because of the publicity that he brings and is a good man to have sitting in a meeting, especially if the other parties are football fans. (I don’t know how true this is, but it did come from a team mate of his.

I think Paddy Bradley is a quantity surveyor.

ibh

smashey wrote: »

I think Paddy Bradley is a quantity surveyor.

The guy i know who told me about him was quite scathing in his assessment of Paddy's contribution to the company. This could be complete horsesh't but he gave me the impression that he was incharge of sticking envelopes and stuff like that!! He also had an BMW X5 as a company car!

Then again, doesn't take much to be a QS. It's like a yellow pack engineer:D

kevmy

Jimmy Nallen (Mayo) is a Physics Technician
Trevor Mort manages the family business (quarrying)
Peadar Gardiner is an auctioneer
Ronan McGarrity is a bookie iirc

Shmuck

kerry4sam wrote: »

down here in the Kingdom they work as Bank Officials; Publicans; Draughtsmen; Sales Rep's; Insurance Brokers; Auctioneers; Teachers; Gardai ... They really are just normal men doing everyday jobs and i am wondering what the point of this thread is

the point is I was just curious, and also wanted to see if any of them had particularly interesting jobs, for example when I go in for brain surgery am I likely to see that the surgeon operating on me is my favourite gaa player

premierstone

Shmuck wrote: »

the point is I was just curious, and also wanted to see if any of them had particularly interesting jobs, for example when I go in for brain surgery am I likely to see that the surgeon operating on me is my favourite gaa player

Ah come on now it was a bad thread but i wouldnt go to that extreme just think before you post

Daysha

Ken McGraths runs his own sports shop down in Waterford and Jason Ryan teaches PE in Dungarvan (he was actually my own PE teacher for 2 years). They're the only two I know of.

smashey

Shmuck wrote: »

the point is I was just curious, and also wanted to see if any of them had particularly interesting jobs, for example when I go in for brain surgery am I likely to see that the surgeon operating on me is my favourite gaa player

premierstone wrote: »

Ah come on now it was a bad thread but i wouldnt go to that extreme just think before you post

Who was the Meath player who was also a brain surgeon. Was it Brian Stafford?

DenMan

Managers I know but....

Sean Boylan runs a very successful herbal clinic. When I was a small child my parents brought me to him to help with my nose (breathing). Just found out the Kilkenny hurling manager (Brian Cody) is a primary school teacher.

BrianD3

smashey wrote: »

Who was the Meath player who was also a brain surgeon. Was it Brian Stafford?

Gerry McEntee

smashey

BrianD3 wrote: »

Gerry McEntee

Thanks Brian.

BrianD3

I just googled and it appears that Gerry McEntee is not a brain surgeon but a consultant general surgeon with General Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Interest
http://www.mater.ie/depts/surgery/hepato_biliary.htm

Pride Fighter

Het-Field wrote: »

Paul Galvin is a thug

Now now. It was already said he was a teacher.

smashey

Het-Field wrote: »

Paul Galvin is a thug

Cruiserweight infracted you for the very same comment on July 30th and you just didn't learn from it.

You are now banned from this forum for two weeks.

BrianD3

Joe Brolly - Barrister.

yop

Austin O'Malley a teacher in Dublin.
James Gill and accountant in Westport.

Kerry Players:
http://kerry.gaa.ie/intercounty/2007/senfoot/final2007/penpics.htm

Xavi6

McConnell and Vaughan are still students? The lazy feckers! They were both in my class/year (the former in school, the latter in college) and I'm finished 2 and a half years now.

blackbelt

Vaughan went to Griffith College and did a cert course which then enabled him to go to DIT Aungier Street.He's now doing a post-grad course in Accounting I believe.

Xavi6

Yeah I was in Griffith with him. I won't comment any further

homerjay2005

ya a good share of them have common jobs, but alot of them have decent jobs that they wouldn have had a hope of getting only for being footballers. sales rep/bank official tye jobs that they have/need no qualifications for, just turn up and do it. apparantly one high profile GAA players spend most of his day making Tea for the ladies in his workplace

as regards the kerry team -

tom sullivan/mahoney are guards.
darragh o shea - auctioneer.
scanlon - plumber
galvin, thomas, mark - teachers.
star - works in sports shop.
griffin - pub
alot of students, especially team members under 21/22.
gooch - bank
murphy - insurance
brosnan - solicitor

back in the day, there was an amount of publicans on the team.

evil-monkey

a lot of em are teachers. i suppose they'd walk into a teaching job easier with the ability to teach the tricks of the trade on their CV. and the hours would suit their training and championship table down to the ground.

Daysha

John Mullane's an electrician. Maybe because whenever he gets on the field, he's electric :pac:

....no?

I'll get my coat.

premierstone

deise59 wrote: »

John Mullane's an electrician. Maybe because whenever he gets on the field, he's electric :pac:

....no?

I'll get my coat.

Or maybe its cos he's wired wrong!! Ah right i'll get my coat as well

homerjay2005

jaysus lads, thats terrible!!

ye should both be banned for a day for those!!:D

one particluar kerry player who was fond of the drink, was a plasterer. in the munster final program one year, they did a profile of him, occupation - plastered. never a truer word.

Waylander

smashey wrote: »

Who was the Meath player who was also a brain surgeon. Was it Brian Stafford?

Gerry McEntee I think.

Sorry just realised I was beaten to it. But to be fair, as its Gerry he probably only comes on late in the operation.

(Well in my defence its not the first bad joke on this thread)

kevmy

Was there not one of the members of the Dub team from the 70's who is a brain surgeon?

On a quick google it turns out to be David Hickey who won 2 All stars and 3 AI's in the 70's who is now the Director of Transplantation in Ireland based in Beaumont

Seamu$

homerjay2005 wrote: »

ya a good share of them have common jobs, but alot of them have decent jobs that they wouldn have had a hope of getting only for being footballers. sales rep/bank official tye jobs that they have/need no qualifications for, just turn up and do it. apparantly one high profile GAA players spend most of his day making Tea for the ladies in his workplace

as regards the kerry team -

tom sullivan/mahoney are guards.
darragh o shea - auctioneer.
scanlon - plumber
galvin, thomas, mark - teachers.
star - works in sports shop.
griffin - pub
alot of students, especially team members under 21/22.
gooch - bank
murphy - insurance
brosnan - solicitor

back in the day, there was an amount of publicans on the team.

Mossy Lyons is an actuary. Always thought he was a class footballer & I think the requirements of his study & job limited his chances. You need plenty of time to dedicate to training & playing.

Star is with Ulster Bank in Killarney now...his desk is practically in the window on the side of the street apparently. The sports shop he was in is closed.

cmore123

Former player Joe Brolly is a barrister in Belfast.

Gooch works for Allied Irish Banks as a bank official.

"King" Henry Shefflin works for Bank of Ireland's Business Banking Unit.

Bernard Brogan is an accountant and his brother Alan is - as far as I know - a car salesman. Diarmuid Connolly works as an account manager for a business.

As others have said, fair play to them for organising their lives round not one but four things - family, work, club and county.

Bonniedog

Not sure when they stopped, but programmes for all games used to list occupations. I came across the 1984 final programme a few days ago and occupations were as follows:

O'Leary - Bank official
Holden - Sales
Hargan - Butcher
Kennedy - Driver
Canavan - Bank official
Drumm - engineer
Buckley - doesn't say
Roynane - garage manager (was actually across from Croker iirc)
Mullins - teacher
Rock - Sales
Conroy - nurse
Duff - CIE
Kearns - CIE electrician
O'Toole - computer operator
McNally - driver


Nelligan - Baker
O'Sé - publican
Walsh - Company director
Mick Spillane - Insurance
Doyle - company rep
Tom Spillane - Company director
Lynch - psychiatric nurse
Jack O'Shea - plumber
O'Donovan - electrician
Kennedy - co-op employee
Moran - PR
Pat Spillane - PE teacher
Liston - teacher
Egan - Garda


Missing Kerry player is explained by them not naming right corner forward who turned out to be Sheehy if memory serves correctly?

Dyr

I always assumed a lot of lads in the big set ups would be sort of trophy employees..they're not really doing much work, more there as PR for the company.

LaGlisse

Bambi wrote: »

I always assumed a lot of lads in the big set ups would be sort of trophy employees..they're not really doing much work, more there as PR for the company.

That's how it is alright I'd say,no way you cab give 100% in an intercounty set up and do what's required these days in a demanding job,let alone juggle family\having a life too. Lot of cachet for certain companies in certain counties having all Ireland medal winners around,I'm sure its a plus in sales roles\whheling them out for clients. Would imagine there is a good few eternal students out there too these days

thesultan

Gooch would call to Alot of a school s

Bonniedog

Bambi wrote: »

I always assumed a lot of lads in the big set ups would be sort of trophy employees..they're not really doing much work, more there as PR for the company.

There was a story years ago about a Dublin player who was given a handy job but he showed up so rarely that they had no choice but to get rid of him

I wouldn't begrudge any of them getting a jobs boost to be honest. In any event it doesn't last long and not a few of them fall on hard times once the limelight is gone - even some of the bigger ones.

duchalla

Bonniedog wrote: »

Not sure when they stopped, but programmes for all games used to list occupations. I came across the 1984 final programme a few days ago and occupations were as follows:

O'Leary - Bank official
Holden - Sales
Hargan - Butcher
Kennedy - Driver
Canavan - Bank official
Drumm - engineer
Buckley - doesn't say
Roynane - garage manager (was actually across from Croker iirc)
Mullins - teacher
Rock - Sales
Conroy - nurse
Duff - CIE
Kearns - CIE electrician
O'Toole - computer operator
McNally - driver


Nelligan - Baker
O'Sé - publican
Walsh - Company director
Mick Spillane - Insurance
Doyle - company rep
Tom Spillane - Company director
Lynch - psychiatric nurse
Jack O'Shea - plumber
O'Donovan - electrician
Kennedy - co-op employee
Moran - PR
Pat Spillane - PE teacher
Liston - teacher
Egan - Garda


Missing Kerry player is explained by them not naming right corner forward who turned out to be Sheehy if memory serves correctly?

Out of interest, what was Anton O'Toole's actual job? Computer Operator must have sounded very glamorous back in 84, rather vague today though...

I always thought Tommy Doyle was a teacher. He must have gotten into it after 84.

Bonniedog

Was wondering that myself!

I had cousin around that time whose mother used to boast that she was 'computer expert' in civil service. Her actual title was "key punch operator" which meant basically a typist with a computer rather than a typewriter! Not that there was anything wrong with that obviously.

You'd see a lot of Dublin players from Anton's era at games, some of them still very much involved, but don't recall ever seeing him. Hope he is doing well. He was brilliant player and holds record along with Mullins for most (4) Dublin AI winning medals.



Should have googled first! He manages Templeogue (O'Gara and Bastick's team) and worked in Guinness IT Dept.

Red Kev

Reviving a thread from 2008!!:pac:

Of the Dublin team of the 70's Hanahoe became one of the country's wealthiest solicitors, Robbie Kelleher used to pop up occasionally as a stockbroker with Davy's and Paddy Cullen had his pub. Sean Doherty was a Garda, he was stationed on the Hill for a couple of AI finals.

This might be an urban myth but at the 1983 AI semi-final (or Leinster final) Dublin had 6 players down as "unemployed", 4 weeks later only one was Unemployed, theothers were all in state jobs, CIE, P&T etc. Not sure how true it is, but we used to have a load of programmes from those times and there was always a couple who were on the dole.

Dyr

Red Kev wrote: »

Reviving a thread from 2008!!:pac:

Of the Dublin team of the 70's Hanahoe became one of the country's wealthiest solicitors, Robbie Kelleher used to pop up occasionally as a stockbroker with Davy's and Paddy Cullen had his pub. Sean Doherty was a Garda, he was stationed on the Hill for a couple of AI finals.

This might be an urban myth but at the 1983 AI semi-final (or Leinster final) Dublin had 6 players down as "unemployed", 4 weeks later only one was Unemployed, theothers were all in state jobs, CIE, P&T etc. Not sure how true it is, but we used to have a load of programmes from those times and there was always a couple who were on the dole.

I knew my old man used to claim that Joe McNally would have a different job in every game programme

Actually that thing of putting up lads jobs was a bit weird when you think of it