Éamonn Fitzmaurice
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Éamonn Mac Muiris | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Born |
1977 Lixnaw, County Kerry, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | Secondary school Principal | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Finuge Lixnaw Feale Rangers University College Cork | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Kerry titles | 3 | 1 | |
| Munster titles | 1 | 0 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1996-2007 | Kerry | 48 (0-7) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 9 + 5 (manager) | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 + 1 (manager) | ||
| NFL | 3 + 1 (manager) | ||
Éamonn Fitzmaurice is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He was manager of the Kerry senior team between 2012 and 2018.[1]
Born in Lixnaw, County Kerry, Fitzmaurice was introduced to Gaelic football in his youth. He enjoyed some success at schools' level with Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí while simultaneously enjoying championship successes at underage levels with the Finuge club. An All-Ireland medal winner in the intermediate grade, Fitzmaurice has a unique collection of Kerry novice, junior, intermediate and senior medals with the Finuge club and the Feale Rangers divisional side.[2] As a dual player he also won three championship medals with the Lixnaw senior hurling team.
Fitzmaurice made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Kerry minor team. An All-Ireland medal winner as a non-playing substitute in this grade, he later won two All-Ireland medals with the under-21 team. Fitzmaurice made his senior debut during the 1996-97 league. He went on to play a key role for Kerry in defence during a hugely successful era, and won three All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and two National Football League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
Fitzmaurice was a member of the Munster inter-provincial team in 2004 but failed to win a Railway Cup medal. Throughout his inter-county career he made 48 championship appearances. Fitzmaurice retired from inter-county Gaelic football on 10 April 2007.[3]
On retiring, Fitzmaurice wrote a column for the Irish Examiner. He quickly became involved in team management as a selector with the Kerry senior team. An All-Ireland winner in this role, he later enjoyed an unsuccessful tenure as manager of the Kerry under-21 team. Fitzmaurice was appointed manager of the Kerry senior team on 27 August 2012.[4][5][6] He led Kerry to seven major honours, including one All-Ireland Championship, five Munster Championships and one National League title.[7] He resigned in August 2018, winning his final game against Kildare as Kerry failed to progress to the All-Ireland semi-finals.[8]
A teacher of history at Pobalscoil Corcha Dhuibhne in Dingle since 2001, he succeeded the long-serving Pádraig Firtear (43 years at the helm) as principal in 2018.[9]
Career statistics
Player
| Team | Year | National League | Championship | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Kerry | 1997 | Division 1 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0-02 | 3 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-02 | ||
| 1999 | Division 2 | 5 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-01 | |
| 2000 | Division 1A | 6 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-02 | 12 | 0-02 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-00 | ||
| 2002 | 8 | 0-01 | 9 | 0-01 | 17 | 0-01 | ||
| 2003 | 3 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-00 | ||
| 2004 | 8 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-00 | 15 | 0-00 | ||
| 2005 | 4 | 0-01 | 6 | 0-01 | 10 | 0-02 | ||
| 2006 | 9 | 0-06 | 7 | 0-03 | 16 | 0-09 | ||
| 2007 | 4 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | ||
| Total | 57 | 0-11 | 48 | 0-07 | 105 | 0-18 | ||
Manager
- As of match played 24 April 2016.
| Team | From | To | McGrath Cup | League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | G | W | D | L | G | W | D | L | G | W | D | L | G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Kerry | 27 August 2012 | 4 August 2018 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 35 | 2 | 19 | 62.5% |
Honours
Player
- University College Cork
- Munster Senior Club Football Championship (1): 1999
- Cork Senior Football Championship (1): 1999
- Finuge
- Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1): 2012
- Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2012
- All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2006
- Munster Junior Club Football Championship (2): 2003, 2005
- Kerry Junior Football Championship (3): 1996, 2002, 2004
- Kerry Novice Football Championship (1): 1996
- Lixnaw
- Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1999, 2005, 2007
- Feale Rangers
- Kerry Senior Football Championship (1): 2007
- Kerry
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (3): 2000, 2004, 2006
- Munster Senior Football Championship (6): 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
- National Football League (2): 2004, 2006
Roghnóir
- Kerry
Manager
- Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne
- Hogan Cup (2): 2014, 2015
- Corn Uí Mhuirí (4): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
- Kerry
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 2014
- Munster Senior Football Championship (5): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- McGrath Cup (2): 2013, 2017
References
- ↑ Duggan, Keith (22 August 2015). "Eamonn Fitzmaurice proves a pragmatic keeper of the flame". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "It's Captain Galvin for Kerry as Feale land title". Irish Independent. 25 November 2012.
- ↑ "Kingdom rocked by Fitzmaurice retirement". Hogan Stand. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "Fitzmaurice takes Kerry Senior Football role". Irish Examiner. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ↑ "Newly appointed Kerry senior football manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice understands scale of new role". RTÉ Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ↑ "Eamon Fitzmaurice is named as new Kerry football manager". BBC Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ↑ "Quiet man with common touch draws strength from adversity". Irish Independent. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ↑ "'There was a negative atmosphere' - Fitzmaurice steps down as Kerry manager". RTÉ. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ O'Mahony, John (12 June 2018). "Eamonn takes over as school principal". Killarney Today. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
| Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jim Gavin (Dublin) |
All-Ireland Senior Football Final winning manager 2014 |
Succeeded by Jim Gavin (Dublin) |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by John Kennedy |
Kerry Under-21 Football Manager 2011-2012 |
Succeeded by Darragh Ó Sé |
| Preceded by Jack O'Connor |
Kerry Senior Football Manager 2012-2018 |
Succeeded by Vacant |