Tommy Breheny

{{Short description|Gaelic football manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox Gaelic games biography | name = Tommy Breheny | image = | alt = | caption = | irish = | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|39|2007|11|5}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | feet = | inches = | nickname = | occupation = | sport = | clposition = | icposition = | managing_years = Around 2001 | managing_club = [[St Mary's GAA (Sligo)|St Mary's]] | managing_winningclub = | managing_clallireland = | managing_clprovince = | managing_clcounty = 1 | managing_iccounty = [[Sligo county football team|Sligo]] | managing_icyears = 2006–2007 | managing_winningcounties = [[Sligo county football team|Sligo]] | managing_icprovince = 1 | managing_icallireland = 1 | managing_league = }} '''Tommy Breheny''' is a former [[Gaelic football]] [[Manager (Gaelic games)|manager]] and player. He managed his native [[Sligo county football team|Sligo]] between 2006 and 2007. In that time he led the county to a [[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]. Breheny won four [[Sligo Senior Football Championship]]s as a player with the [[St Mary's GAA (Sligo)|St Mary's]] club and led it to a further Sligo SFC as manager in 2001. He is married with four children.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/breheny-named-sligo-person-of-the-year-27556526.html|title=Breheny named Sligo Person of the Year|work=[[The Sligo Champion]]|date=5 November 2007}}</ref>

Initially serving as part of Sligo manager [[Dominic Corrigan (Gaelic footballer)|Dominic Corrigan]]'s backroom team, Breheny succeeded Corrigan for 2006 and 2007, then resigned as Sligo manager in October 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/why-i-quit-gaa-manager-explains-shock-decision-27556324.html|title=Why I quit: GAA manager explains shock decision|work=[[The Sligo Champion]]|date=16 October 2007}}</ref> He is the older brother of [[Mark Breheny]], who played for Sligo at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/article/index/84476|title=Breheny quits Sligo|work=Hogan Stand|date=10 October 2007}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box | title = [[Sligo county football team|Sligo Senior Football Manager]] | before = [[Dominic Corrigan (Gaelic footballer)|Dominic Corrigan]] | after = [[Tommy Jordan]] | years = 2006–2007 }} {{s-end}}

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