Tomás Ó Flatharta

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

Tomás Ó Flatharta

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Born	County Kerry, Ireland
Inter-county management
Years Team 2005–2009 2010–2011 2013–2015 Westmeath Galway 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.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4][5] 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.^[6]

Laois

Following the departure of Justin McNulty, Ó Flatharta was drafted in as favourite for the vacant Laois job.^[7][8][9] In October 2013, Ó Flatharta was confirmed as Laois manager to replace McNulty.^[10][11][12] He stepped down as manager in July 2015 following their shocking exit against Antrim.^[13]

Honours

Westmeath manager

• National League 2: 2006, 2008

References

1. . RTÉ. 11 July 2009. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
2. "O Flatharta steps down". The Irish Times. 13 July 2009.
3. "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.
4. . RTÉ. 7 October 2010. Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
5. "O'Flatharta gets Galway job". BreakingNews.ie. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
6. . thescore.ie. 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
7. "Ó Flatharta set to become the Laois manager". RTÉ. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
8. "Laois opt for Flatharta as O'Grady linked with Treaty Job". Irish Independent. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
9. "Tomás Ó Flatharta on verge of being named Laois manager". The Irish Times. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
10. "Tomás Ó Flatharta appointed Laois football manager". RTÉ. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
11. "Cunningham closing in on new coach as Laois ratify Ó'Flatharta". Irish Independent. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
12. "Laois appoint Ó Flatharta as football manager". The42.ie. 22 October 2013.
13. "Tomás Ó Flatharta steps down as Laois senior football manager". Sky Sports. 25 June 2015.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Páidí Ó Sé	Westmeath Senior Football Manager 2005–2009	Succeeded by Brendan Hackett
Preceded by Joe Kernan	Galway Senior Football Manager 2010–2011	Succeeded by Alan Mulholland
Preceded by Justin McNulty	Laois Senior Football Manager 2013–2015	Succeeded by Mick Lillis