Eimear Ryan: All aboard the managerial merry-go-round

BACK FOR MORE: Davy Fitzgerald and Micheál Donoghue are back in charge of intercounty teams. Pic: INPHO/Donall Farmer

Even though timelines have moved since Covid, it’s still hard to let go of the cultural implications of ‘the winter’ in the GAA. Traditionally a time to hibernate; to tour the cup around the county or to lick wounds; for intercounty players to go on holiday or drink a few pints; for players to brace themselves for pre-season; for teams to organise their management for the coming year. 

There may be Halloween decorations in the shops (with Christmas frippery no doubt hot on its heels) but 2023 still seems like a long way off. Still, the managerial merry-go-round – the coach carousel, the gaffer game of thrones – is already in full swing.