Daragh Sheridan joins Galway senior football and hurling backrooms for 2026

As a research lead at the University of Stirling, he delivered the GAA’s ‘Play to Stay’ Research Programme in the middle of the last decade, a multi-year research programme dedicated to solving youth drop-out in Gaelic games.

GALWAY SETUP: Former Head of High Performance Coach Development Daragh Sheridan will work with the Galway senior football and hurling teams in 2026.  Picture: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Chartered psychologist and the IRFU’s former head of High Performance Coach Development Daragh Sheridan will work with the Galway senior football and hurling teams in 2026.

The former professional footballer, who represented Aston Villa, Galway United and Longford Town, is to assist both codes out west for the forthcoming year.