Paddy Tally (born 1970s)[1] is a Gaelic football manager and coach.
A member of the Galbally Pearses club, Tally was a squad member when Tyrone played in the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[1] He was Tyrone coach when that team won the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.[1] Tally left Tyrone at the end of the 2004 season, with Tyrone. Paddy's role never prescribed any involvement in picking the team."[1]
Tally was part of Down's backroom team when that county reached the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[1] As a manager Tally won an unexpected Sigerson Cup as manager of the St Mary's University College, Belfast team in 2017.[1] Under the management of Kevin Walsh, he coached the Galway county team in 2018 when that county reached the "Super 8s".[1] He left Galway when a managerial vacancy arose after Éamonn Burns left his role as Down senior manager.[1]
While he was the manager of Down, a perceived breach of COVID-19 regulations led to a ban.[2][3][4] Down lost all their home 2022 National Football League games as punishment.[5] Tally's ban was later reduced.[6][7] Tally knew other counties were at it too so he went with it himself.[8] Although Down approved a one-year extension, Tally did not think Down's clubs' vote on the issue was large enough to give him the confidence to stay as manager.[1]
Jack O'Connor, reappointed as Kerry manager at the end of 2021, asked Tally to join him ahead of the 2022 season.[1] Tally was head coach of the team that won the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[9] Ahead of that game (when it turned out he shared a club with referee Sean Hurson),[10] Galway manager Pádraic Joyce was asked to comment on this,[11][12] as was Kerry manager Jack O'Connor.[13]
He was appointed as manager for Derry county football team for the 2025 season. [14]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j McCoy, Niall (24 July 2022). "Tally Ho! The former Galway coach leading Kerry's charge for All-Ireland glory". RTÉ.
- ^ Leen, Tony (2 February 2021). "Revealed: Cork boss McCarthy and Down's Tally hit with 12-week bans for breach of training guidelines". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Paddy Tally: Down boss and Cork football manager set for 12-week bans over Covid protocols training breaches". BBC. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Cork and Down face sanctions for breach of training guidelines". RTÉ. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Fogarty, John (13 April 2021). "GAA fixtures: Cork, Down, and Dublin will have no home Football League games over Covid breaches". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Paddy Tally: Down football manager's proposed 12-week ban cut to eight weeks". BBC. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Loughran, Neil (11 February 2021). "Paddy Tally won't miss any Down games after ban reduced to eight weeks". The Irish News. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Tally says training breach was an error of judgement but he knows other counties were at it". Hogan Stand. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ Keys, Colm (30 July 2022). "Meet the multi-layered group of experts behind the team that Jack built". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
… Head coach — Paddy Tally Involved with Tyrone's 2003 All-Ireland-winning team, Tally has been touted as a defensive coach but he brings much more than that…
- ^ Stack, Damian (13 July 2022). "Tyrone's Seán Hurson to referee All Ireland final between Kerry and Galway: Ulster official is club mate of Kerry coach Paddy Tally". Independent.ie. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Galway manager Padraic Joyce: You couldn't trust Hawk-Eye | No issue with appointment of Sean Hurson for All-Ireland final". Sky Sports. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ Duggan, Keith (14 July 2022). "'He's a man of integrity' — Padraic Joyce has no issue with Seán Hurson referee appointment". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Byrne, David (18 July 2022). "Jack O'Connor plays down 'sideshow' over appointment of Seán Hurson as final referee: 'The GAA wouldn't appoint a man if they didn't think he was good enough to ref the game'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Coiste Chontae Dhoire ratify management teams for 2025".