Pat O'Shea (GAA)

Infobox GAA manager |

name =Pat O'Shea
irish =Pádraig Ó Sé
placeofbirth=County Kerry
countryofbirth=Ireland
dob= 1966
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sport=Gaelic football
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club=Dr Crokes
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clallireland=0
clprovince=1
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county=Kerry
icyears=2007
winningcounties=Kerry
icprovince=0
icallireland=0
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Pat O'Shea (born 1966) is a Gaelic football manager from Killarney in Ireland. He is the current manager of the Kerry senior football team, and won the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with Kerry.

Playing career

O'Shea played predominantly at corner forward for Dr. Crokes and won a Kerry Senior Football Championship in 1991 and 2000 and an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1992.

Managerial career

O'Shea managed the Kerry Minor teams in 2002 and 2003.

At club level O'Shea managed Dr. Crokes to successive Kerry County Finals in 2005 and 2006. Despite being the manager of Kerry he also continued to coach Dr Crokes in their Senior Club Football Championship which ultimately ended in defeat in the Final Replay in April 2007.

O'Shea was appointed to manage the Kerry senior footballers for the 2007 season. He named Dr. Dave Geaney of Castleisland Desmonds and Seán Geaney of An Daingean CLG as selectors. He also announced John Sugrue of Renard as his physical trainer. [http://www.setanta.com/portal/article/gaa?open&articleid=fe207c9669dba63680257240003fed0e] Kerry won the All-Ireland that season with a victory over Cork in the final. Also led Kerry to All Ireland final in 2008 where they lost out to Tyrone

Other information

O'Shea co-authored the book "Gaelic Football Training Drills" (ISBN 0952389304) by COS Productions.

Kerry Football Team

External links

* [http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/1210/drcrokes.html O'Shea Manages Dr Crokes to Munster Championship]

* [http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/1129/kerry.html O'Shea Ratified as New Manager]
* [http://www.drcrokes.com/index.htm Dr. Crokes Official Website]
* [http://kerry.gaa.ie/ Official Kerry GAA Website]
* [http://www.hoganstand.com/kerry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=69686 O’Shea appointed in Kerry]