# Niall Carew

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Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler

Niall Carew Personal information Native name Niall Carrún (Irish) Born 1973 or 1974 (age 51–52)[1] Staplestown, County Kildare, Ireland Sport Sport Gaelic football Inter-county management Years Team 2007–2012? 2012–2014 2014–2017 2020–2024 Kildare (selector) Waterford Sligo Carlow

**Niall Carew** (born 1974) is an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football) selector, [manager](/source/Manager_(Gaelic_games)) and former Gaelic footballer won a Leinster minor football medal in 1991 and played with Kildare hurlers for a number of years .[hurler](/source/Hurling)

Carew has managed three inter-county football teams: [Waterford](/source/Waterford_county_football_team), [Sligo](/source/Sligo_county_football_team) and [Carlow](/source/Carlow_county_football_team).

## Career

Born in [Staplestown](/source/Staplestown), [County Kildare](/source/County_Kildare), Carew played Gaelic football for the [St Kevin's club](/source/St_Kevin's_GAA) and hurling for [Coill Dubh](/source/Coill_Dubh_HC). Six senior hurling championship medals .

He played until he was 27 years of age.[1]

In retirement from playing, Carew became involved in team management. At inter-county level he served as a selector with the senior [Kildare county team](/source/Kildare_county_football_team). He was five seasons a selector with Kildare when [Kieran McGeeney](/source/Kieran_McGeeney) was manager, beginning from McGeeney's appointment to that role in 2007.[1]

A former selector by 2012, Carew was appointed to manage the [Waterford county team](/source/Waterford_county_football_team) in November of that year.[2] He was appointed manager of the [Sligo county team](/source/Sligo_county_football_team) in 2014.[3]

As of 2015, he was managing Ballylinan GAA in south Laois.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In August 2020, Carlow announced him as their successor to [Turlough O'Brien](/source/Turlough_O'Brien).[4][5]

Carew spent until 2024 as Carlow manager.[6][7][8] After four and half seasons in charge, Carew left in June 2024, informing Carlow's footballers directly after their exit from the [2024 Tailteann Cup](/source/2024_Tailteann_Cup).[1] According to Frank Roche, writing in the *[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)* in 2024, "few current managers will replicate" the five championships which Carew amassed with Carlow. [1]

As of 2024, Carew had been working with St John of God for more than two and a half decades.[1] Working from 8:30 until 4:30, he spent an additional five or six hours of each day working when he was involved with an inter-county team.[1]

## Personal life

Carew is married to Michelle. Her illness in late 2023, for which she received [chemotherapy](/source/Chemotherapy), led to Carew leaving the Carlow managerial post in 2024.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-modern-day_inter-county_manager_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-modern-day_inter-county_manager_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-modern-day_inter-county_manager_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-modern-day_inter-county_manager_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-modern-day_inter-county_manager_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-modern-day_inter-county_manager_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-modern-day_inter-county_manager_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-modern-day_inter-county_manager_1-7) Roche, Frank (27 September 2024). ["Unpaid holidays, savage scrutiny and end-of-year reviews: who would be a modern-day inter-county manager?"](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/unpaid-holidays-savage-scrutiny-and-end-of-year-reviews-who-would-be-a-modern-day-inter-county-manager/a1020347687.html). *Irish Independent*. 'I haven't stopped since [finishing play at 27] and I'm 50 now, so I'm 23 years at it [team management]'.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Niall Carew appointed as Deise football manager"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003740/https://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-football/niall-carew-appointed-as-deise-football-manager/). *The Munster Express*. 22 November 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-football/niall-carew-appointed-as-deise-football-manager/) on 5 December 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Carew appointed Sligo football manager"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141021055605/https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/1020/653685-carew-appointed-sligo-football-manager/). RTÉ. 20 October 2014. Archived from [the original](https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/1020/653685-carew-appointed-sligo-football-manager/) on 21 October 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Niall Carew appointed Carlow boss with Ger Brennan joining ticket"](https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/0818/1159938-carew-appointed-carlow-boss-with-brennan-joining-ticket/). RTÉ. 18 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** McKeon, Conor (18 August 2020). ["Niall Carew is new Carlow football boss with Ger Brennan in as head coach"](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/niall-carew-is-new-carlow-football-boss-with-ger-brennan-in-as-head-coach/39460826.html). *Irish Independent*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Carew departs as Carlow boss after five years in charge"](https://hoganstand.com/article/index/332231). *Hogan Stand*. 2 June 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Furlong, Brendan (2 June 2024). ["Niall Carew steps down as Carlow football manager"](https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41407907.html). *[Irish Examiner](/source/Irish_Examiner)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Keys, Colm (2 June 2024). ["Niall Carew stands down as Carlow boss becomes first managerial departure of 2024"](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/niall-carew-stands-down-as-carlow-boss-becomes-first-managerial-departure-of-2024/a120218243.html). *Irish Independent*.

## External links

- Crossan, Brendan (8 March 2025). ["'When you give up all your time with your family, and my wife being sick, I was still putting a lot of time into Carlow. Do I regret that? Yeah – 100 per cent I do.' – Niall Carew"](https://www.irishnews.com/gaa/gaelic-football/when-you-give-up-all-your-time-with-your-family-and-my-wife-being-sick-i-was-still-putting-a-lot-of-time-into-carlow-do-i-regret-that-yeah-100-per-cent-i-do-niall-carew-PMUJGT4CSFAEHDZE6X4JMKGHOQ/). *[The Irish News](/source/The_Irish_News)*.

Sporting positions Preceded by John Owens Waterford Senior Football Manager 2012–2014 Succeeded by Tom McGlinchey Preceded by Pat Flanagan Sligo Senior Football Manager 2014–2017 Succeeded by Cathal Corey Preceded by Pat Flanagan Sligo Under-21 Football Manager 2014–? Succeeded by ? Preceded by Turlough O'Brien Carlow Senior Football Manager 2020–2024 Succeeded by Shane Curran

v t e Waterford football team – managers J. Curran (–98) J. Cummins (1998–99) G. Fives (1999–01) D. Walsh (2001–03) B. Harty (2003–04) J. Kiely (2004–09) J. Owens (2009–12) N. Carew (2012–14) T. McGlinchey (2014–18) B. Whelan (2018–20) S. Ronayne (2021–21) E. Fitzgerald (2021–23) P. Shankey (2023–25) E. Fitzgerald (2025–)

v t e Sligo football team – managers C. Haran (1983–85) T. Carroll (1986–88) D. Johnston (1988–90) P. Clarke (1990–91) P. Clarke & T. Conaghan (1991–92) J. Stenson & M. Laffey (1992–94) P. J. Carroll (?–96) M. Moran (1996–00) P. Ford (2000–03) J. Kearins (2003–04) D. Corrigan (2004–06) T. Breheny (2006–07) T. Jordan (2007–08) K. Walsh (2008–13) P. Flanagan (2013–14) N. Carew (2014–17) C. Corey (2017–18) P. Taylor (2018–2020) T. McEntee (2020–2025) D. Sloyan & E. O'Hara (2025–)

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