James Kearins
Sligo Gaelic footballer and manager
James Kearins is a former Gaelic footballer. Kearins played for St Patrick's football club and was manager of the Sligo county team. Mickey Kearins is a brother of James Kearins.
James Kearins played for Sligo from 1974 until 1987.[1] In 1975 he won a Connacht Senior Football Championship medal. In 1995 Kearins led Ballymote to a Sligo Intermediate Football Championship. In 2000 Kearins led Bunninadden to their first Sligo Senior Football Championship title in over eight decades.[2] In 2003 he was appointed manager of Sligo’s senior football team,[3][4] a position that involves setting game strategies and supervising the team’s coach. He was simultaneously made manager of Sligo’s team for players under age 21.[3] Kearins resigned as Sligo manager at the end of 2004, reportedly over a disagreement about the inaugural Tommy Murphy Cup.[5]
Kearins worked for Garda Síochána, the national police service of Ireland. Kearins’ Garda assignments included Sargeant in Ballymote, and Detective Inspector for 5 years during part of which he was stationed in Carrick-on-Shannon.[1] From in 2007 until his retirement in 2010, Kearins was Sligo's Garda Superintendent.[6] Garda officers have a long history of representing the police service in Gaelic athletics.
References
- ^ a b Deering, Paul (29 January 2010). "Gardaí have a new boss". The Sligo Champion.
- ^ "Kearins new Sligo boss". Irish Independent. 10 September 2003.
- ^ a b "Kearins becomes Sligo manager". 10 September 2003. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Kearins new Sligo boss". Irish Independent. 10 September 2003.
- ^ "Kearins resigns as Sligo football boss". Irish Examiner. 8 September 2004.
- ^ "Sligo's new Superintendent to make history". The Sligo Champion. 22 December 2010.
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Sligo football team – managers
- C. Haran (1983–85)
- T. Carroll (1986–88)
- D. Johnston (1988–90)
- P. Clarke (1990–91)
- P. Clarke & T. Conaghan (1991–92)
- J. Stenson & M. Laffey (1992–94)
- P. J. Carroll (?–96)
- M. Moran (1996–00)
- P. Ford (2000–03)
- J. Kearins (2003–04)
- D. Corrigan (2004–06)
- T. Breheny (2006–07)
- T. Jordan (2007–08)
- K. Walsh (2008–13)
- P. Flanagan (2013–14)
- N. Carew (2014–17)
- C. Corey (2017–18)
- P. Taylor (2018–2020)
- T. McEntee (2020–present)
