Mick Deegan

Mick Deegan

Personal information
Irish name	Mícheál Ó Duíginn
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Half Back
Born	Dublin, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
1982 -?	Erins Isle
Club Titles
Dublin titles	2
Leinster titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1985 -	Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	9
All Irelands	1
All Stars	1

Mick Deegan (born 1964) is the current manager of Dublin Junior Gaelic football team and Fingal Ravens.^[1] He is a former inter-county Gaelic football player for Dublin, and a former footballer for Crusaders.

Playing career

Mick won his first inter-county medal for Dublin in 1982 when Dublin won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. He went on to make his debut for the Dublin senior football team in a National Football League game against Longford in 1985. In his 1991 all star year, he was on the victorious National football league Dublin team that defeated Kildare. He won his second NFL medal with Dublin in 1993, in a hard fought final against Donegal. The game was brought to a replay which Dublin eventually won to win their 8th title.

He also won the All-Ireland senior football championship with Dublin in 1995. The game which finished on a scoreline of 1-10 to 0-12, was against Tyrone.

In the Dublin Senior Football Championship, Deegan had a successful club career with Erin's Isle. He appeared in his first Dublin championship in 1982, the same year in which he won an all-Ireland minor medal. Ballymun Kickhams went on to win the 1982 Dublin championship. He eventually won his first Dublin championship with Erins Isle in 1993 by beating Kilmacud Crokes in the final. The three years were to bring heartbreak, with three losses in the final, three years in a row. The finals were lost to Kilmacud Crokes in 1994, Ballyboden St Endas in 1995 and St. Sylvester's, Malahide in 1996. He won his final championship with Erins Isle in 1997. After the 1997 win, Erins Isle went on to win the 1997 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.

Deegan also had spells playing soccer for Tolka Rovers, and for Northern Irish club Crusaders, with whom he won the Irish Premier League title in 1997.

He is a garage proprietor by trade.

Managerial career

He is the current manager of Fingal Ravens and guided them to their first ever Dublin Intermediate Football Championship in 2007. This means that Ravens will play in the Dublin Senior Football Championship in 2008. He won the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship title as manager of Fingal Ravens on December 09 2007.Deegan also manages the Dublin county junior football team, which won the All Ireland Junior Title in 2008, and as a result of this win is being touted as a possible successor to Paul "Pillar" Caffrey as the next Dublin Senior Football Manager! ^[2]

References

1. ^ Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling
2. ^ Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling

External links

• 1992 Article on Mick Deegan
• Erins Isle Official GAA Website
• Dublin Website

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Name	Deegan, Mick
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Date of birth	1964
Place of birth	Dublin
Date of death
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