John Maughan was born on 1962 and is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player who most recently managed the Offaly football team.
14 Facts About John Maughan
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John Maughan is only the third man to lead five different counties and the first to complete a "slam", with at least one of these counties coming from each of Ireland's four provinces.
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John Maughan was the only one sent to boarding school, which he attended at Moate's Carmelite College.
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John Maughan reached the rank of Captain and was based in Renmore Barracks Dun Ui Mhaoiliosa in Galway.
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John Maughan won a Hogan Cup medal with Moate's Carmelite College in 1980.
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John Maughan won two Sigerson Cups with University College Galway in the early 1980s.
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John Maughan had four more operations but on the knee cartilage but was informed three years later that he could no longer play at inter-county level.
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John Maughan continued to play locally, switching base in 1994 and transferring to Castlebar Mitchels in the expectation of getting to play junior football but was a runner-up in that year's Mayo Senior Football Championship final.
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John Maughan led Clare to the 1992 Munster Senior Football Championship.
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John Maughan led his native county to the successive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final defeats in 1996,1997.
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John Maughan returned for a second spell in charge and led his native county to a further All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final defeat in 2004.
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John Maughan resigned as Roscommon manager in the spring of 2008.
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John Maughan commuted from his home in Castlebar to manage Offaly.
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John Maughan announced his departure as Offaly manager in July 2022 after a four-year spell in charge during which he achieved promotion for Offaly to Division 2 of the National Football League and advanced to the semi-final of the inaugural 2022 Tailteann Cup.