Declan Carr: ‘It has been a tough year. Football is insignificant in the bigger scheme’

The brother of former Dublin manager, Tommy, had big shoes to fill when Shane Ronayne departed the role as Tipp ladies football manager

Tipperary manager Declan Carr talks to his players after the Lidl Ladies Football National League clash against Dublin. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Between raising five daughters, managing a senior inter-county Ladies football team as well as three club teams, and being business director of a cement company, it’s amazing to discover that Declan Carr is also a seven-handicap golfer.

When he’s not spending quality time with his wife Niamh and the rest of the family, or exploring his other love, Gaelic games, you might find the Holycross-Ballycahill clubman playing a round of golf at New Forest in Tyrrellspass, Co Westmeath.