Austin O'Malley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Austin Ó Máille | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born | Louisburgh, County Mayo | ||
| Occupation | Teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2006 2008–2010 2011–2013 2014– |
Louisburgh UCD St Vincents St Patrick's Louisburgh | ||
| Club titles | |||
| titles | 3 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| IT Sligo | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2004–2009 2011–2013 |
Mayo Wicklow | 50 (7–114) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Austin O'Malley is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He represented both the Mayo and Wicklow county teams.
Career
[edit]O'Malley won three Connacht Senior Football Championship medals with Mayo.[1] He was involved when Mayo lost the 2004 and 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals.[1]
O'Malley won the 2006 Dublin Senior Football Championship while playing for UCD.[2] In 2011, he transferred to St Patrick's (Wicklow) after three years of playing with St Vincent's.[2]
While playing for St Patrick's, O'Malley also lined out with the Wicklow county team. The transfer process story was leaked to Dublin newspaper, the Metro.[3] While playing for Wicklow he won Division 4 of the National Football League.[1]
As of 2011, he was a teacher at St Benildus College,[2] where he uses the strength and ambition that he gained from years on the training pitch to discipline and motivate the pupils. In later years he formed a performance coaching consultancy, Hexagon Performance.[4] In 2014, he transferred back to his native club Louisburgh in Co Mayo.
O'Malley began managing Cuala in 2022.[4] After two Dublin SFC quarter-final exits in 2022 and 2023, he led that club to a first Dublin SFC title in 2024.[4][5] He later managed Cuala to the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship title and the 2024–25 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship title.[4][6] Then he resigned.[4][7]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]- Connacht Senior Football Championship (3): 2004, 2006, 2009
- Mayo Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2003
- Mayo Junior Football Championship (1): 2016
- Connacht Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2016
- Dublin Senior Football Championship (1): 2006
- Wicklow Senior Football Championship (1): 2012
- National Football League Division 4 (1): 2012
- Sigerson Cup (1): 2004
Manager
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Boyle, Donnchadh (27 January 2017). "Long trek back to Mayo worth every minute for O'Malley". Irish Independent.
- ^ a b c McKeon, Conor (18 February 2011). "O'Malley moves out to the Garden". Irish Independent.
- ^ "Sport".
- ^ a b c d e Moran, Seán (7 February 2025). "All-Ireland winning Cuala manager Austin O'Malley steps down". The Irish Times.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (20 October 2024). "Mayo man guides Cuala to Dublin football glory". The Mayo News.
- ^ "Surreal day for Cuala as footballers arrive at summit". RTÉ. 19 January 2025.
Austin O'Malley led Cuala to yesterday's All-Ireland title... There was one major outside influence on the team, with manager Austin O'Malley, a Mayo native, who had previously been involved at inter-county level as a player with the Green and Red, as well as Wicklow.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (7 February 2025). "Mayo man steps down after guiding club to All-Ireland title". The Mayo News.
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