Mickey Whelan

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Mickey Whelan is a former player and manager of Dublin and is the current manager of St Vincents senior football team. He is a former player for Clanna Gael and won a Dublin Senior Football Championship medal with them in 1968.

[edit] Playing career

Mickey Whelan wona a Cú Chulainn award for his performances with the Dublin senior football team in 1963. He was on the All-Ireland winning side for Dublin in 1958 and 1963. Whelan won the National football league division one title for Dublin in 1953.

[edit] Manager

Whelan was the Dublin senior football manager between 1996 and 1999. In 2006, as St Vincents manager, he brought his side to the final of the Dublin football championship. In the semi final on October 30, 2006 at Parnell Park, his team brushed aside northside rivals Na Fianna and go on to contest UCD in the final which they eventually lost. 2007 proved more successful, Whelan won the Dublin Senior Football Championship as manager of St Vincents. Mickey then went on to manage St Vincents to a win the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship final against Tyrrellspass of Westmeath.[2] Whelan won the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with St Vincents as manager.^[1] Whelan stepped down as manager of St Vincents only two weeks after their historic all-Ireland victory over Nemo Rangers in 2008.^[2]

[edit] References

Preceded by Pat O'Neill	Dublin Senior Football Manager 1996-1999	Succeeded by Tommy Carr

v • d • e Dublin Football Champions 2007- St Vincents

Winning panel	1 M Savage • 2 P Conlon • 3 E Brady • 4 H Gill • 5 T Doyle • 6 G. Brennan • 7 P Kelly • 8 H Coughlan • 9 M O'Shea • 10 K. Golden 0-01 • 11 T Diamond 0-01 • 12 N Billings 0-01 • 13 B. Maloney 0-02 • 14 D. Connolly 0-03 • 15 T. Quinn 0-04 Subs: Pat Gilroy, Conor Brady. Manager: M. Whelan (Team as of October 2007 versus St Brigids)