Gerard Monan

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Gerard Monan
Personal information
Irish name	Gearóid Mónáin
Sport	Hurling
Born	Ballygalget, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Occupation	Farmer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ballygalget
Club Titles
Ulster titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Down
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	0
All Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0

Gerard Monan is an Irish hurler who played for the Down senior hurling team.

Born in Ballygalget, County Down, Monan first excelled at hurling in his youth. He played in different grades at inter-county level with Down, however, he enjoyed little success throughout his career.

At club level Monan is a one-time Ulster medallist with Ballygalget. He has also won several championship medals with the club.

In retirement from playing, Monan became involved in team management and coaching at club and inter-county levels. After a successful spell as manager of Ballygalget, Monan was appointed manager of the Down senior hurling team in 2009.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (10 February 2006). "Motivator Monan keeps Ballygalget trained on title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
↑ "Gerard Monan replaces Jim McKernan as Down hurling boss". BBC Sport. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jim McKernan	Down Senior Hurling Manager 2009-present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Achievements
Preceded by Éamonn Phelan (London)	Christy Ring Cup Final winning manager 2013	Succeeded by Incumbent

Gerard Monan navigation boxes

v t e Down - 2013 Christy Ring Cup champions (1st title)

1 S. Keith 2 M. Conlon 3 P. Hughes 4 B. Toner 5 F. Conway 6 C. Woods 7 M. Ennis 8 D. Hughes 9 C. Coulter 10 D. Toner 11 P. Braniff (c) 12 P. Sheehan 13 K. McGarry 14 G. Johnson 15 J. Coyle Subs used S. Nicholson for F. Conway J. McCusker for P. Sheehan M. Turley for D. Toner M. Hughes for B. Toner Manager G. Monan Selectors M. McCusker S. McAree P. Flynn

v t e Down senior hurling team - managers

J. O'Reilly (2000–03) J. Crossey (2003–06) S. Farrell (2006) G. Coulter (2006–07) J. McKernan (2007–09) G. Monan (2009)

Persondata
Name	Monan, Gerard
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler
Date of birth
Place of birth	Ballygalget, County Down
Date of death
Place of death

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