{{Short description|Sligo Gaelic footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2022}} '''James Kearins''' is a former [[Gaelic football]]er. Kearins played for [[St Patrick's GAA (Sligo)|St Patrick's]] football club and was manager of the [[Sligo county football team|Sligo county team]]. [[Mickey Kearins]] is a brother of James Kearins.
James Kearins played for Sligo from 1974 until 1987.<ref name=Deering_2010/> In 1975 he won a [[Connacht Senior Football Championship]] medal. In 1995 Kearins led [[Ballymote GAA|Ballymote]] to a [[Sligo Intermediate Football Championship]]. In 2000 Kearins led [[Bunninadden GAA|Bunninadden]] to their first [[Sligo Senior Football Championship]] title in over eight decades.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kearins-new-sligo-boss-25930091.html|title=Kearins new Sligo boss|work=Irish Independent|date=10 September 2003}}</ref> In 2003 he was appointed [[Manager (Gaelic games)|manager]] of Sligo’s senior football team,<ref name="new_boss">{{cite news |title=Kearins becomes Sligo manager |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30112887.html |access-date=2021-11-17 |date=2003-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kearins-new-sligo-boss-25930091.html|title=Kearins new Sligo boss|work=Irish Independent|date=10 September 2003}}</ref> 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.<ref name="new_boss" /> Kearins resigned as Sligo manager at the end of 2004, reportedly over a disagreement about the inaugural [[Tommy Murphy Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30165551.html|title=Kearins resigns as Sligo football boss|work=[[Irish Examiner]]|date=8 September 2004}}</ref>
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]].<ref name=Deering_2010>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/gardai-have-a-new-boss-27568844.html|title=Gardaí have a new boss|work=[[The Sligo Champion]]|first=Paul|last=Deering|date=2010-01-29}}</ref> From in 2007 until his retirement in 2010, Kearins was Sligo's Garda [[Superintendent (police)|Superintendent]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/sligos-new-superintendent-to-make-history-27576458.html|title=Sligo's new Superintendent to make history|work=[[The Sligo Champion]]|date=22 December 2010}}</ref> Garda officers have a [[Garda GAA|long history]] of representing the police service in Gaelic athletics.
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{{Sligo county football team managers}}
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