Cathal Corey () is a

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and former player from

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. He played for the Kildress Wolfe Tones club, though he never played for his county. However, he has managed several clubs throughout

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, as well as the Sligo county team. His most noted achievement in club management is leading Naomh Conaill to both the

Donegal Senior Football Championship The Donegal Senior Football Championship (abbreviated as Donegal SFC) is an annual football competition organised by Donegal GAA and contested by the highest-level clubs, to determine the best team in County Donegal. Since 2016, it has been know ...

and the final of the

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament organised by Ulster GAA. It is played between the Senior championship winners from each of the nine counties of Ulster. The competition was first held in 1968 an ...

in 2010.

Management career

Corey managed Kildress Wolfe Tones in his native county, as well as

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and Slaughtneil in

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, leading Slaughtneil to a league title. He then led Naomh Conaill to the 2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship (after also leading them as far as the final the previous year) and then led Naomh Conaill to a first

final. He first worked with

Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is a Gaelic football coach, and former player, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as a player with, and later manager of, the Donegal county team. Since 2023, he has been manager, for ...

at Kildress as early as 2003. Corey and McGuinness were joint-managers of Naomh Conaill for the 2010 Senior County Championship title-winning campaign. Corey was appointed Sligo senior manager in October 2017. He had previously applied for the vacant Donegal post, but Donegal native

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was favoured instead. Corey oversaw Sligo's 2018 season. He later resigned. In January 2021, Corey was appointed as senior football manager of the Réalt na Mara club.

References

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