Two-time All-Ireland winning manager John O’Mahony dies aged 71

O’Mahony guided Galway to two All-Ireland titles in 1998 and 2001 and is one of the few managers to win provincial titles with three different counties, his own Mayo and Leitrim in their landmark 1994 success, in addition to Galway.

He was 70 and had been battling cancer in recent years.

O’Mahony, from Ballaghdereen, played with Mayo and won an All-Ireland U-21 title in 1974 as a corner-back before managing them to another All-Ireland title at the grade nine years later when he was just 30.

By then his three-year playing career with Mayo had long since ended, having been left off subsequent squads after the 1975 Connacht final replay loss to Sligo.

O’Mahony took to management and coaching easily, having been involved with teams in St Nathy’s in Ballaghaderreen where he was a teacher.

Whatever team he took charge of he invariably improved, some beyond all expectations.

He took over the Mayo senior team for the first time in late 1987 and within 10 months had guided them to a Connacht…

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