{{Short description|Fermanagh Gaelic footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2022}} '''Kieran Donnelly''' (born 1975/1976)<ref name=The_Irish_News_teaching_and_learning/> is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Gaelic football]] coach. He has been [[Manager (Gaelic games)|manager]] of [[St Eunan's GAA|St Eunan's]] since 2025, after managing the [[Fermanagh county football team|Fermanagh county team]] between 2021 and 2025. Before becoming a coach Kieran was a professional footballer.
==Career== Donnelly played inter-county football for Fermanagh.<ref name=42_confirmed/> He made his debut for Fermanagh under [[Pat King (Gaelic footballer)|Pat King]] in 1996, and went on to win an All-Ireland Senior B Championship and a [[Dr McKenna Cup]]. He went toe-to-toe with [[Cavan county football team|Cavan]] the year the team won the [[1997 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final]], and he played in Division 1 of the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]] under managers [[Dominic Corrigan (Gaelic footballer)|Dominic Corrigan]] and [[John Maughan]].<ref name=The_Irish_News_teaching_and_learning/>
After playing for Fermanagh, Donnelly managed the minor team and also helped train the senior side when [[Peter Canavan]] was in charge.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/northern-ireland/58496581|title=Fermanagh GAA appoint former player Kieran Donnelly as new senior football manager|publisher=BBC|date=9 September 2021|access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref> Donnelly worked under Canavan when Canavan was Fermanagh manager.<ref name=RTÉ_named/> Donnelly was in fact Fermanagh assistant manager when Canavan was there.<ref name=The_Irish_News_teaching_and_learning/>
Before he became Fermanagh manager, Donnelly managed [[Scotstown GAA|Scotstown]] to the [[2018 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship]] final.<ref name=RTÉ_named>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/0909/1245729-kieran-donnelly-named-as-new-fermanagh-manager/|title=Kieran Donnelly named as new Fermanagh manager|publisher=RTÉ|date=9 September 2021|access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref> Immediately before his appointment as Fermanagh manager, Donnelly was working with [[Cavan Gaels GAA|Cavan Gaels]].<ref name=42_confirmed>{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/kieran-donnelly-fermanagh-manager-5545463-Sep2021/|title=Kieran Donnelly confirmed as new Fermanagh manager|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|date=9 September 2011|access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref>
He was appointed manager of [[St Eunan's GAA|St Eunan's]] in December 2025, having left the Fermanagh job the previous August.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/article/index/338753|title=Donnelly appointed St Eunan's manager|work=[[Hogan Stand]]|date=9 December 2025|quote=The high-profile appointment comes after Donnelly left the Fermanagh post after four years in August.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://donegalnews.com/former-fermanagh-boss-donnelly-takes-charge-of-eunans/|title=Former Fermanagh boss Donnelly takes charge of Eunan's|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=8 December 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Donnelly is a native of [[Brookeborough]].<ref name=RTÉ_named/> When he was appointed as Fermanagh manager in 2021, Donnelly was 45 years of age and had spent 21 years teaching at Omagh CBS.<ref name=The_Irish_News_teaching_and_learning>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2021/09/14/news/new-fermanagh-boss-kieran-donnelly-teaching-and-learning-in-tyrone-2447134/|title=New Fermanagh boss Kieran Donnelly teaching and learning in Tyrone|work=[[The Irish News]]|first=Kenny|last=Archer|date=14 September 2021|access-date=24 September 2022|quote=The 45-year-old is into his 21st year of teaching at Omagh CBS, where he's coached a few future Red Hand stars, including four who helped overcome Mayo in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC Final.}}</ref> He has coached the school team.<ref name=RTÉ_named/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Fermanagh Football Team 1996}} {{Fermanagh county football team managers}}
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