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Gaelic footballer, football manager and sports administrator

For the English footballer, see [John Maughan (footballer)](/source/John_Maughan_(footballer)).

John Maughan Personal information Born 1962 (age 63–64) Sport Inter-county management Years Team 1990–1994 1995–1999 2000–2001 2002–2005 2005–2008 2018–2022 Clare Mayo Fermanagh Mayo Roscommon Offaly Inter-county titles as manager County League Province All-Ireland Clare 1 1

**John Maughan** (born 1962)[1] is an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football) [manager](/source/Manager_(Gaelic_games)) and former player, who most recently managed the [Offaly football team](/source/Offaly_county_football_team).

He is also a former manager of the [Mayo](/source/Mayo_county_football_team), [Clare](/source/Clare_county_football_team), [Roscommon](/source/Roscommon_county_football_team) and [Fermanagh](/source/Fermanagh_county_football_team) senior football teams.[2][3] Maughan is only the third man to lead five different [county teams](/source/County_team) and the first to complete a "slam", with at least one of these county teams coming from each of [Ireland's four provinces](/source/Provinces_of_Ireland).[4]

## Early life

Maughan is originally from [Crossmolina](/source/Crossmolina).[1] He comes from a family of six children.[1] He was the only one sent to [boarding school](/source/Boarding_school), which he attended at [Moate](/source/Moate)'s Carmelite College.[1] After school he joined the [Irish Army](/source/Irish_Army).[1] He is a graduate of [University College Galway](/source/NUI_Galway).[5] He attended the university in the early 1980s.[1]

## Army Career

Maughan was an offer in the [Irish Army](/source/Irish_Army) from 1979 to 1999. He reached the rank of Captain and was based in [Renmore Barracks](/source/Renmore_Barracks) Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa in [Galway](/source/Galway). When he was appointed to the [Mayo](/source/Mayo_GAA) job, he commuted from [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus) for the first couple of games as he was serving with the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations).[6]

## Playing career

Maughan won a [Hogan Cup](/source/Hogan_Cup) medal with Moate's Carmelite College in 1980.[1] He also won two [Sigerson Cups](/source/Sigerson_Cup) with [University College Galway](/source/NUI_Galway_GAA) in the early 1980s.[1] This, alongside a spell with the Mayo under-21 team, led to Maughan being called up to the senior county team.[1] Surgery on his [knee cartilage](/source/Knee_cartilage) in 1986 led to the end of his days as a player.[1] He had four more operations but on the knee cartilage but was informed three years later that he could no longer play at [inter-county](/source/Inter-county) level.[1] He continued to play locally, switching base in 1994 and transferring to [Castlebar Mitchels](/source/Castlebar_Mitchels_GAA) in the expectation of getting to play [junior](/source/Glossary_of_Gaelic_games_terms#J) football but was a runner-up in that year's [Mayo Senior Football Championship](/source/Mayo_Senior_Football_Championship) final.[1] In a 1995 Mayo Senior Football Championship quarter-final Maughan sustained a broken jaw.[1] After being brought to Dublin's Mater Hospital, a story in a newspaper led to bother as he had flown back from Cyprus where he was on peacekeeping duty with the Irish Army.[1]

## Coaching career

Mayo's manager when Maughan's playing days ended was [John O'Mahony](/source/John_O'Mahony_(Mayo_politician)).[1] O'Mahony retained Maughan's services as a team physical trainer.[1]

A call came from [Clare GAA](/source/Clare_GAA) one evening to ask if Maughan would become coach for the 1990 season.[1] Discovering that no manager had yet been appointed Maughan asked if he could take the post.[1] He did so, at the age of 28.[1] Eleven players attended Maughan's first training session in [Crusheen](/source/Crusheen).[1]

He led Clare to the 1992 [Munster Senior Football Championship](/source/Munster_Senior_Football_Championship).

After finishing as Clare manager, Maughan went to [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus) for [United Nations peacekeeping duty](/source/United_Nations_Peacekeeping_Force_in_Cyprus) in [Nicosia](/source/Nicosia).[1]

He was appointed manager of the Mayo county team while still based in Cyprus and commuted for several games at the start of his spell in charge.[1]

He led his native county to the successive [All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship) final defeats in [1996](/source/1996_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final), [1997](/source/1997_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final). He returned for a second spell in charge and led his native county to a further All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final defeat in [2004](/source/2004_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final).[7][8]

In between his spells with Mayo, he had a short stint as Fermanagh manager (winning an All-Ireland 'B' Football Championship) and, after taking charge of Mayo for the second time, he was manager of Roscommon.[1] He resigned as Roscommon manager in the spring of 2008.[1]

He commuted from his home in [Castlebar](/source/Castlebar) to manage Offaly.[1] Maughan announced his departure as Offaly manager in July 2022 after a four-year spell in charge during which he achieved [promotion](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) for Offaly to Division 2 of the National Football League (though [relegation](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) to Division 3 followed the next year) and advanced to the semi-final of the inaugural [2022 Tailteann Cup](/source/2022_Tailteann_Cup).[9]

Maughan has also led [NUI Galway GAA](/source/NUI_Galway_GAA).[2][8]

## Personal life

Maughan is married to Audrey,[1] and lives in [Castlebar](/source/Castlebar).[1] He is a grandfather.[1] He had surgery on his back in 2019.[1]

As of 2021, he was working as a Procurement Officer at [Mayo County Council](/source/Mayo_County_Council),[1] while, as of 2019, Maughan is a member of the board of [Sport Ireland](/source/Sport_Ireland).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Though [fully-vaccinated](/source/COVID-19_vaccine), Maughan isolated at his home in [Enniscrone](/source/Enniscrone) after contracting [COVID-19](/source/COVID-19) in 2021 (his sense of [taste](/source/Ageusia) and [smell](/source/Anosmia) he said were ["completely gone"](/source/Symptoms_of_COVID-19)).[10]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-11) [***m***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-12) [***n***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-13) [***o***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-14) [***p***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-15) [***q***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-16) [***r***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-17) [***s***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-18) [***t***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-19) [***u***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-20) [***v***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-21) [***w***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-22) [***x***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-23) [***y***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-24) [***z***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-25) [***aa***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-26) [***ab***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-27) [***ac***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-28) [***ad***](#cite_ref-still-spreading_1-29) ["John Maughan – The managerial legend still spreading the football gospel as Offaly eye rare Croke Park success"](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/john-maughan-the-managerial-legend-still-spreading-the-football-gospel-as-offaly-eye-rare-croke-park-success-40556469.html). *[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)*. 19 June 2021. Maughan, who turns 60 next year...

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-demands_end_to_'player_abuse'_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-demands_end_to_'player_abuse'_2-1) ["John Maughan demands end to 'player abuse'"](http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/john-maughan-demands-end-to-player-abuse-16112316.html). *The Belfast Telegraph*. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Maughan quits"](http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/maughan-quits-1333691.html). *Irish Independent*. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Keys, Colm (29 August 2018). ["Maughan completes 'slam' with Offaly"](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/maughan-completes-slam-with-offaly-37262124.html). *Irish Independent*. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mayo_17092013_5-0)** ["NUI Galway students and alumni head for Croke Park with Mayo senior football finalists"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161217102433/https://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news-archive/2013/september2013/nui-galway-students-and-alumni-head-for-croke-park-with-mayo-senior-football-finalists-.html). 17 September 2013. Archived from [the original](https://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news-archive/2013/september2013/nui-galway-students-and-alumni-head-for-croke-park-with-mayo-senior-football-finalists-.html) on 17 December 2016. The event starts at 11am and the panel will include NUI Galway graduates, John Maughan, John O'Mahony and Tommy Carr...

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Gentle manager who sorts things out quietly and without hysterics"](https://www.irishtimes.com/news/gentle-manager-who-sorts-things-out-quietly-and-without-hysterics-1.85927). *[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Mayo are happier playing Donegal says Maughan"](http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=177743). *Hogan Stand*. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-can't_live_with_him,_can't_live_without_him_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-can't_live_with_him,_can't_live_without_him_8-1) ["Can't live with him, can't live without him"](http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/cant-live-with-him-cant-live-without-him-2800424.html). *Irish Independent*. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2012. Maughan coached NUIG in last year's Sigerson Cup, while he's also with Crossmolina. For the last while, he's been working with the first years in St Gerald's College in Castlebar.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Maughan steps down as Offaly boss"](https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0713/1309979-maughan-steps-down-as-offaly-boss/). RTÉ. 13 July 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Hogan, Vincent (11 September 2021). ["'No madness, no cockiness, no nonsense songs' — Maughan hopeful it's finally Mayo's time"](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/no-madness-no-cockiness-no-nonsense-songs-maughan-hopeful-its-finally-mayos-time-40839452.html). [Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent). Retrieved 11 September 2021. Despite being fully vaccinated, he tested positive for Covid last Monday week and has been isolating since at his house in Enniscrone. The symptoms arced about a week ago but have now begun to dissipate with the help of antibiotics, bike rides and time spent walking the beach. 'I honestly feel if I wasn't vaccinated, I'd be in hospital!' he says when I call. 'Just felt rotten last weekend and didn't stir off the couch. The symptoms of a bad 'flu with taste and smell still completely gone. Right now? I've no energy for Croke Park. But I'd hate to miss it'. His ten days of self-isolation are up so the tug of Dublin — he knows — will be insistent today (for the [2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final](/source/2021_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final)).

## External links

- [GAA Info Profile](https://archive.today/20130123151349/http://m.gaainfo.com/player.php?sport=f&co=21&player=76)

John Maughan navigation boxes v t e Mayo – 1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Champions (3rd title) 1 G. Irwin 2 P. Ford 3 J. Maughan 4 E. Gibbons 5 J. McNabb 6 M. Feeney 7 J. Finn 8 G. Geraghty 9 S. Maher 10 P. Brogan 11 J. Lindsay 12 N. Durkin 13 B. Kilkelly 14 T. Grogan 15 P. Duffy Subs used K. McStay for J. Lindsay M. Kerins for T. Grogan v t e Clare – 1991 All Ireland Senior B Football Champions (1st title) 1 J. Hanrahan 2 S. Clancy 3 G. Kelly 4 K. O'Mahony 5 M. Roughan 6 J. J. Rouine 7 C. O'Neill 8 B. Rouine 9 A. Moloney 10 N. Roche 11 L. Conneally 12 G. Killeen 13 D. Coughlan 14 M. Flynn 15 D. Keane Manager J. Maughan v t e Clare – 1992 Munster Senior Football Champions (2nd title) 1 J. Hanrahan 2 K. O'Mahony 3 G. Kelly 4 S. Clancy 5 C. O'Neill 6 J. J. Rouine 7 F. Griffin 8 T. Morrissey 9 A. Moloney 10 N. Roche 11 F. McInerney (c) 12 G. Killeen 13 P. Conway 14 C. Clancy 15 M. Flynn. Subs used M. Daly Manager J. Maughan v t e Mayo – 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up 1 J. Madden 2 K. Mortimer 3 K. Cahill 4 D. Flanagan 5 P. Holmes 6 J. Nallen 7 N. Connelly (c) 8 L. McHale 9 D. Brady 10 J. Horan 11 C. McManamon 12 M. Sheridan 13 A. Finnerty 14 J. Casey 15 R. Dempsey Played in drawn game 13 D. Nestor Subs used in drawn game 22 P. J. Loftus for Nestor 21 A. Finnerty for Casey 20 K. O'Neill for Horan Subs used in replay 22 P. J. Loftus for Dempsey 18 P. Fallon for Flanagan 21 T. Reilly for Finnerty Subs not used in replay 16 B. Heffernan 17 P. Butler 19 G. Ruane 20 D. Nestor 23 M. Gardiner 24 A. McGarry Manager J. Maughan Selectors P. Ford T. O'Malley v t e Mayo – 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up 1 P. Burke 2 K. Mortimer 3 P. Holmes 4 D. Flanagan 5 F. Costello 6 J. Nallen 7 N. Connelly 8 P. Fallon 9 D. Heaney 10 M. Sheridan 11 C. McManamon 12 J. Casey 13 C. McDonald 14 L. McHale 15 D. Nestor Subs used J. Horan for Flanagan D. Byrne for Sheridan PJ Loftus for Nestor Manager J. Maughan v t e Mayo – 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up 1 P. Burke 2 D. Geraghty 3 D. Heaney 4 G. Ruane (vc) 5 P. Gardiner 6 J. Nallen 7 P. Kelly 8 R. McGarrity 9 F. Kelly 10 J. Gill 11 C. McDonald 12 B. Maloney 13 C. Mortimer 14 T. Mortimer 15 A. Dillon Subs 25 D. Brady for F. Kelly 18 C. Moran for Geraghty 30 M. Conroy for Gill 27 A. Moran for C. Mortimer 22 P. Nevin for Heaney Subs not used 16 F. Ruddy 17 F. Costello (c) 19 D. Munnelly 20 D. Sweeney 21 A. Costello 23 G. Mullins 24 M. McNicholas 26 B. J. Padden 28 A. O'Malley 29 B. Ruane Manager J. Maughan Selectors G. Golden L. McHale v t e Crossmolina Deel Rovers – 2003 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship runners-up 1 B. Heffernan 2 S. Rochford 3 T. Nallen 4 C. Reilly 5 P. Gardiner 6 D. Mulligan 7 G. O'Malley 8 G. Walsh 9 J. Nallen (c) 10 M. Moyles 11 C. McDonald 12 E. Lavelle 13 L. Moffatt 14 J. Keane 15 P. McGuinness Subs used 19 J. Leonard for E. Lavelle 17 P. McAndrew for G. O'Malley Manager J. Maughan v t e Clare football team – managers N. Walsh (?–?) J. Maughan (1990–94) J. O'Keeffe (1994–98) T. Curtin (1998–00) P. Begley (2000–02) J. Kennedy (2002–05) D. Buckley & M. Brennan (2005–06) P. Ó Sé (2006–07) F. Doherty (2007–09) M. McDermott (2009–12) M. O'Dwyer (2012–13) C. Collins (2013–23) M. Fitzgerald (2023–24) P. Keane (2024–) v t e Mayo football team – managers J. Carey (1977–80) L. O'Neill (1983–87) J. O'Mahony (1987–91) B. McDonald (1991–92) J. O'Shea (1992–94) A. Egan (1994–95) J. Maughan (1995–99) P. Holmes (1999–2002) J. Maughan (2002–05) M. Moran (2005–06) J. O'Mahony (2006–10) J. Horan (2010–14) N. Connelly and P. Holmes (2014–15) S. Rochford (2015–18) J. Horan (2018–22) K. McStay (2022–25) A. Moran (2025–) Under-20/1s incl. N. Heffernan: until 2016 • M. Solan: 2016–2020 • M. Sheridan: 2021– v t e Fermanagh football team – managers P. J. McGowan (1991–91) H. McCabe (1991–94) T. Ferguson (1994–96) P. King (1996–00) J. Maughan (2000–01) D. Corrigan (2001–03) C. Mulgrew (2004–07) M. O'Rourke (2007–10) P. Canavan (2010–13) P. McGrath (2013–17) R. Gallagher (2017–19) R. McMenamin (2019–21) K. Donnelly (2021–) v t e Roscommon football team – managers M. McDermott (1987–92) D. Earley (1992–94) D. Shine (1994–97) G. Sheerin (1997–00) J. Tobin (2000–02) T. Carr (2002–05) V. Daly (2005) J. Maughan (2005–08) P. Earley (2008) M. Ryan (2008) F. O'Donnell (2008–11) D. Newton (2011–12) J. Evans (2012–15) K. McStay and F. O'Donnell (2015) K. McStay (2015–18) A. Cunningham (2018–22) D. Burke (2022–25) M. Dowd (2025–) v t e Offaly football team – managers T. Scully (1969) A. Kelly (1970) T. Gilhooley (1971–72) P. McCormack (1975) E. McGee (1976–84) J. Courtney (1984–86) G. Hughes (1986–87) M. McBrierty (1988–89) J. Gunning (1989–90) B. Hackett (1990–92) P. Fitzgerald (1992–93) E. Mulligan, E. Mulhall & K. Gavin (1994–94) T. Lyons (1996–99) P. Nolan (1999–2002) P. O'Kelly (2002–03) G. Fahy (2003–04) K. Kilmurray (2004–06) P. Roe (2006–08) R. Connor (2008–09) T. Coffey, V. Claffey & P. O'Reilly (2009**) T. Cribbin (2009–11) G. Cooney (2011–12) T. Coffey (2012**) E. McDonnell (2012–14) P. Flanagan (2014–17) S. Wallace (2017–18) P. Rouse (2018**) J. Maughan (2018–22) L. Kearns (2022–23) M. Murphy (2023**) D. Kelly (2023–) M. Harte (2024–) **=Interim manager Under-21s/20s incl. D. Kelly: 2015 (one day) • P. Farrell: 2015–16 • J. Stewart: 2016–17 • D. Kelly: 2017–22 • K. Furlong: 2022–24 • M. Plunkett: 2024–25 • R. Ryan: 2025– Minors incl. K. Begley: ? • P. Farrell: ? • P. Kelleghan: c. 2014–? • K. Furlong: 2020–22 • R. Ryan: 2024–25 • A. Farrell: 2025–

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