Cathal Corey

{{Short description|Gaelic football manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox Gaelic games biography | name = Cathal Corey | image = | alt = | caption = | irish = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | feet = | inches = | nickname = | occupation = | sport = [[Gaelic football]] | clposition = | icposition = | managing_years = {{c.}} 2010 2021– | managing_club = [[Kildress Wolfe Tones GAC|Kildress Wolfe Tones]] [[Castledawson GAC|Castledawson]] [[Banagher GAC|Banagher]] [[Slaughtneil GAC|Slaughtneil]] [[Naomh Conaill CLCG|Naomh Conaill]] [[CLG Réalt na Mara|Réalt na Mara]] | managing_winningclub = | managing_clallireland = | managing_clprovince = | managing_clcounty = | managing_iccounty = [[Sligo county football team|Sligo]] | managing_icyears = 2017–2018 | managing_winningcounties = | managing_icprovince = | managing_icallireland = | managing_league = }} '''Cathal Corey''' ({{IPA|ga|ˈkahəlˠ}}) is a [[Gaelic football]] [[Manager (Gaelic games)|manager]] and former player from [[County Tyrone]]. He played for the [[Kildress Wolfe Tones GAC|Kildress Wolfe Tones]] club, though he never played for his county. He has managed several clubs throughout [[Ulster GAA|Ulster]], as well as the [[Sligo county football team|Sligo county team]]. His most noted achievement in club management is leading [[Naomh Conaill CLCG|Naomh Conaill]] to both the [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]] and the final of the [[Ulster Senior Club Football Championship]] in 2010.

==Management career== Corey managed [[Kildress Wolfe Tones GAC|Kildress Wolfe Tones]] in his native county, as well as [[Castledawson GAC|Castledawson]], [[Banagher GAC|Banagher]] and [[Slaughtneil GAC|Slaughtneil]] in [[Derry GAA|Derry]], leading Slaughtneil to a league title.<ref name=learning_from_jim/> He then led [[Naomh Conaill CLCG|Naomh Conaill]] to the [[2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship]] (after also leading them as far as the final the previous year) and then led Naomh Conaill to a first [[Ulster Senior Club Football Championship]] final.<ref name=learning_from_jim/> He first worked with [[Jim McGuinness]] at Kildress as early as 2003.<ref name=learning_from_jim>{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/jim-mcguinness-donegal-cathal-corey-3995122-May2018/|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole|title=Learning from Jim - 'If it was a snooker player, he would still get him right! He's that kind of man'|website=The42.ie|date=5 May 2018}}</ref> Corey and McGuinness were joint-managers of Naomh Conaill for the 2010 Senior County Championship title-winning campaign.<ref>{{cite news|first=Kevin|last=O'Brien|url=https://www.the42.ie/leo-mcloone-naomh-conaill-jim-mcguinness-4907278-Nov2019/|title='Jim McGuinness introduced me to the panel and said, 'He'll be playing for the next 20 years': As Naomh Conaill prepare for Sunday's Ulster final, Leo McLoone reflects on his career with the Glenties club|work=[[The42.ie]]|date=27 November 2019|access-date=27 November 2019|quote=McGuinness ... was joint-manager alongside Cathal Corey when they delivered a second county title in 2010 with McLoone scoring four points in the final. McGuinness moved onto the Donegal job the following year...}}</ref>

Corey was appointed Sligo senior manager in October 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/1023/914711-tyrone-native-cathal-corey-appointed-sligo-manager/|title=Tyrone native Cathal Corey appointed Sligo manager|work=[[RTÉ Sport]]|date=23 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/cathal-corey-named-new-sligo-football-manager-36256359.html|title=Cathal Corey named new Sligo football manager|website=Independent.ie|date=24 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2017/11/03/news/tyrone-native-cathal-corey-determined-to-give-it-everything-as-new-manager-of-sligo-1178522/|first=Andy|last=Watters|title=Tyrone native Cathal Corey determined to 'give it everything' as new manager of Sligo|work=[[The Irish News]]|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> He had previously applied for the vacant Donegal post, but Donegal native [[Declan Bonner]] was favoured instead.<ref name=learning_from_jim/> Corey oversaw Sligo's 2018 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gaa.ie/features/feature/cathal-corey-ready-make-mark-with-sligo/|first=Cian|last=O'Connell|title=Cathal Corey ready to make mark with Sligo|date=5 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/gaa/gaelic-football/news/30543/11361076/sligo-boss-cathal-corey-relishing-step-into-the-unknown|first=Brian|last=Barry|title=Sligo boss Cathal Corey relishing step into the 'unknown' {{pipe}} GAA News|work=[[Sky Sports]]|access-date=6 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/cathal-corey-i-needed-to-make-that-step-up-a-leap-into-the-unknown-v0vhmp9lv|first=Garry|last=Doyle|title=Cathal Corey: I needed to make that step up, a leap into the unknown {{pipe}} Ireland|work=[[The Times]]|date=6 May 2018}}</ref> He later resigned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/0803/982876-corey-steps-down-as-sligo-boss-after-one-season/|title=Corey steps down as Sligo boss after one season|work=[[RTÉ Sport]]|date=3 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/cathal-corey-sligo-football-manager-steps-down-4162751-Aug2018/|first=Emma|last=Duffy|title=Sligo on the lookout for new football manager as Tyrone man Corey steps down|website=The42.ie|date=3 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/cathal-corey-resigns-as-manager-of-the-sligo-footballers-37181552.html|title=Cathal Corey resigns as manager of the Sligo footballers|website=Independent.ie|date=3 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/gaa/gaelic-football/news/30543/11458974/sligo-on-hunt-for-new-manager-as-cathal-corey-resigns|title=Sligo on hunt for new manager as Cathal Corey resigns {{pipe}} GAA News|work=[[Sky Sports]]|date=3 August 2018}}</ref>

In January 2021, Corey was appointed as senior football manager of the [[CLG Réalt na Mara|Réalt na Mara]] club.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oceanfm.ie/2021/01/22/former-sligo-boss-is-new-bundoran-manager/|title=Former Sligo boss is new Bundoran manager|publisher=[[Ocean FM (Ireland)|Ocean FM]]|date=22 January 2021|accessdate=22 January 2021}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{succession box | title = [[Sligo county football team|Sligo Senior Football Manager]] | before = [[Niall Carew]] | after = [[Paul Taylor (Gaelic footballer)|Paul Taylor]] | years = 2017–2018 }} {{s-end}}

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