Brian Talty

Brian Talty is the current manager of Dublin GAA club Parnells.^[1] Brian was a former selector for the Dublin Senior Football Team, he had worked with the former Dublin manager Paul Caffrey and fellow selectors David Billings and Paul Clarke.

Talty who was born in Kilkee County Clare but grew up in Tuam, County Galway where he played Gaelic football with Tuam Stars.

He also played inter-county football for Galway, with whom he won a National Football League medal in 1981.^[2] He played for Galway against Dublin in the 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final although he was substituted in the second half of the game due to injury. Dublin went to win the final, despite finishing with 12 players. Galway finished with 14.

Talty won two Dublin Senior Football Championship with Parnells in 1987 and 1988. He managed Division 3 side Clanna Gael Fontenoy in 2010, before being appointed as Parnells senior football manager for the 2011 season. While training as a PE teacher at Thomond College in Limerick, he won an All Ireland Club Football Championship as a star midfielder in a team that featured the Spillane brothers, Mick and Pat.

Brian is a secondary school teacher in County Dublin.^[3] There was speculation in Galway football circles that Brian would be nominated to fill the vacant Galway senior post in 2007 if Dublin lost out to Kerry in the All-Ireland SFC semi-final.^[4] Although Dublin lost the game Talty pledged his future to Dublin football.^[5]

He currently teaches Physical Education at St. Davids C.B.S. in Artane, Dublin.

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Brian is now the manager of Clan na Gael in Ringsend