Paul Caffrey
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Paul Caffrey is the current Dublin Gaelic Football Senior manager and a Dublin based Garda.
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[edit] Biographical Information
Caffrey is often called Pillar, 'a nickname bizarrely derived from his penchant for playing with caterpillars when he was a child.'[1] Caffrey succeeded Tommy Lyons as Dublin manager in November 2004.
Caffrey grew up on Dorset St. on the Northside of Dublin, where his parents ran a greengrocers. His football career began in St. Vincents CBS school in Glasnevin and nearby club Na Fianna. Caffrey represented his county at minor level, and is a brother of John Caffrey, who won a senior All-Ireland medal in 1983.
[edit] Managerial career
Caffrey was a co-selector along with Dave Billings and Paddy Canning when Tommy Lyons was manager of the Dublin Gaelic Football team between from 2001 to 2004. During this period, Dublin won one Leinster senior, two Leinster under-21 and one All-Ireland under-21 titles.Previous to his involvement with Dublin, Caffrey was manager of Dublin club side Na Fianna, reaching the All-Ireland Club Final in 2000, where they lost to Crossmaglen Rangers of Armagh.
Caffrey has David Billings, Paul Clarke and Brian Talty as his management team for a three-year period. In his first year as manager he took Dublin to their 45th Leinster Senior Football Championship title in 2005. He repeated this feat against Offaly in 2006 Leinster Senior Football Championship and went on to take Dublin to the All-Ireland semi-final, where Dublin were narrowly beaten by Mayo. Caffrey has received a one match ban for shouldering Mayo's John Morrison before the All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo in Croke Park. This means that he will have to watch Dublin's opening 2007 game in the Championship from the stands.[2]
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1 S. Cluxton | 2 D. Henry | 3 B. Cahill | 4 P. Griffin | 5 P. Casey | 6 B. Cullen | 7 C. Goggins | 8 C. Whelan | 9 S. Ryan | 10 K. Bonner | 11 J. Sherlock | 12 R. Cosgrove | 13 A. Brogan | 14 C. Keaney | 15 T. Quinn | Subs: D. Magee for Cahill (ht), S. Connell for Cosgrove (50), D. Lally for Ryan (61), M. Vaughan for Quinn (65), C. Moran for Bonner (67). |
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| Preceded by: Tommy Lyons |
Dublin Senior Football Manager 2005- present |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
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