Westport GAA confirm senior management to return for 2024

The management team that guided Westport to their first ever senior county title in 2022 are to return for the 2024 season.

The Covies lost their senior crown when they were defeated by Breaffy in this year's quarter-final and the club sought expressions of interest in the management position on social media in November.

A number of high profile managers expressed interest and interviews took place earlier this month but this morning Westport GAA announced that the team in charge for 2023 will be returning for the new season.

Shane Conway and Martin Connolly will continue as joint-managers while Kieran Geraghty and Pat Grady return as selectors. The same medical team of Mary Casey and Damian Burke will also remain in situ.

Meanwhile, east Mayo club Aghamore have also confirmed today their management team for the 2024 season. The club stated on social media: “Aghamore GAA are pleased to announce our new senior football management team of Paul Hunt, Simon McGuinness, Colm Caulfield and Alan Dunne (S/C) with further people to be added to the team in New Year. We wish them the best of luck in the year ahead.” Paul Hunt previously managed the Tooreen hurlers as well as the Éire Óg footballers in Roscommon.

Raymond Dempsey will be involved with the Parke Intermediate team in 2024. Pic: Sportsfile

In other club management news, former Knockmore manager Raymond Dempsey is joining the Parke management team where Fintan McHale is the new manager, replacing Mark Concannon who in turn has replaced Tom Connolly in the Hollymount/Carramore bainisteoir's bib.

Dempsey stepped away from his role with the Limerick senior squad last March and will be McHale's head-coach as Parke look to break their championship hoodoo of recent exits at the quarter-final stage.

Another man involved with Parke last season, Donal 'Mossy' Costello, has gone back to The Neale where he enjoyed championship success previously. The south Mayo men have just been relegated from senior football and will be hoping to make an immediate return to the top table.

Bohola Moy Davitts have appointed from within by promoting James Mulderrig to the manager's position. Mulderrig is brother of newly appointed Ballintubber boss, Tom, and has only recently stepped away from playing at the top level with the club.

A number of clubs are working hard behind the scenes to get management teams in place, including Breaffy who are on the hunt after Konrad Coghill and his team of Barry Jordan, Gerry Jennings, Cliff Sheridan and Eugene Caulfield stepped away after leading the club to the county final.