The second season of ''

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'' was broadcast in

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from 22 March 2009 until 10 May 2009. The eight '' bainisteoirí'' were model

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, veteran broadcaster

Derek Davis Derek Davis (26 April 1948 – 13 May 2015) was an Irish broadcaster from Bangor. On television, he co-hosted '' Live at 3'', presented '' Davis at Large'' and '' Out of the Blue'' and won '' Celebrity Bainisteoir''. Early life Davis was bo ...

, former Irish pop star-turned children's television presenter

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, journalist and broadcaster

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, businessman-turned television presenter John McGuire, ''

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'' columnist and campaigner for male issues

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, comedian

Katherine Lynch Katherine Lynch is an Irish people, Irish television personality from County Leitrim. She has had several television series broadcast on RTÉ Two, with titles like ''Working Girls'', ''Wonderwomen'' and ''Single Ladies''. Lynch also participat ...

and

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broadcaster

Ray D'Arcy Raymond Michael D'Arcy (born 1 September 1964) is an Irish television and radio presenter currently on his second stint at state broadcaster RTÉ. D'Arcy came to prominence in the 1990s with a television career on RTÉ, presenting children's te ...

."Na Bainisteoirí/ The Managers"
. RTÉ. Accessed 29 April 2009. The ''

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'' commented that the premise ought not to work, that it was in theory "eight GAA club teams being led into a

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by a

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coach, expected to hit peak fitness levels three or four months ahead of their championship season". Davis and Lynch reached the final, appearing on ''

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'' the day before it was broadcast.

Bainisteoirí

Eight ''bainisteoirí'' competed in the second season ''Celebrity Bainisteoir''.

Ray D'Arcy

is a radio and television presenter, currently being heard on ''

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'' on

. He praised his players on the show, describing them as "lovely people" and jokingly asked his listeners if they had "any inside information on the good players in Rathangan to contact the radio show".

Derek Davis

has been a broadcaster with

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and

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George Hook

is a journalist, broadcaster and

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pundit.

Katherine Lynch

is a comedian and television personality.

John McGuire

John McGuire is a businessman who turned into a television presenter.

Emma O'Driscoll

is a former pop star, turned children's television presenter and reality television personality.

Andrea Roche

is a model. She admitted not being overly familiar with the game before she took part in the show. Roche rejected invitations to take part in previous reality television shows as "some of them humiliated the contestants" and she "didn't see the point", but believed ''Celebrity Bainisteoir'' was "a reality show with meaning".

John Waters

is a columnist with ''

'' and campaigner on male issues.

Tournament

The first episode was broadcast on 22 March 2009 and featured the quarter-final draw and focused on the reactions of the individual teams upon discovering the identity of their ''bainisteoir''."Episode 1"
RTÉ. Accessed 29 April 2009. The second episode was broadcast on 29 March 2009 and featured the first quarter-final between Rathangan, managed by Ray D'Arcy, and Glasdrumman, managed by Derek Davis. D'Arcy's preparations for the match include bringing his players to a bootcamp, whilst Davis invites television chef Derry Clarke for a cookery session with his team."Episode 2"
RTÉ. Accessed 29 April 2009. The third episode was broadcast on 5 April 2009 and featured the quarter-final between St Michael's, managed by John Waters, and Rockwell Rovers, managed by Andrea Roche. Their approaches to training their teams are very different; Roche brings her team to a farm and invites some of them to one of her magazine photo shoots, whilst Waters encounters difficulty in simply communicating with his own team."Episode 3"
RTÉ. Accessed 29 April 2009. The fourth episode was broadcast on 12 April 2009 and featured the quarter-final between Cuala, managed by George Hook, and St Patrick's Dromahair, managed by Katherine Lynch. After having difficulty adjusting to wearing a tracksuit for training, Lynch massages her team and then embarks on a campaign to have as many people from Leitrim as possible attend the game. Hook uses his experience as a rugby union coach to train his team.
RTÉ. Accessed 29 April 2009. The fifth episode was broadcast on 19 April 2009 featured the final quarter-final between St Patrick's, managed by Emma O'Driscoll, and Sneem, managed by John McGuire. McGuire resides in Kerry near his team for their training sessions, whilst O'Driscoll uses her experiences from her time in

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to help record a song with her team, "Here Come the Boys"."Episode 5"
RTÉ. Accessed 29 April 2009. The sixth episode was broadcast 26 April 2009 and featured the first semi-final, contested by O'Driscoll's St Patrick's team and Davis's Glasdrumman. O'Driscoll brings her team to Limerick's

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parade where she is acting as Grand Marshal and also takes them to Bunratty Castle where she used to perform as a dancer. Davis brings his team to

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where they meet Paddy O'Rourke, an

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winning captain for Down. On matchday, Glasdrumman have lost one of their main players due to injury and O'Driscoll gives an unexpectedly "steely" half-time team talk."Episode 6"
RTÉ. Accessed 29 April 2009. The seventh episode was broadcast on 3 May 2009 and featured the second semi-final contested between Roche's Rockwell Rovers and Lynch's St Patrick's, Dromahair. Roche has All Ireland-winning Tyrone manager

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fly in via helicopter and series one ''bainisteoir''

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follows suit, whilst Lynch has her team take part in the re-enactment of a battle in Leitrim and invites the players' wives and girlfriends on a night out."Episode 7"
RTÉ. Accessed 29 April 2009. The eighth episode was broadcast on 10 May 2009 and featured the Celebrity Bainisteoir final which was contested by Davis's Glasdrumman and Lynch's St Patrick's, Dromahair. Glasdrumman lifted the trophy in the final at Parnell Park by a scoreline of 1–09 to 0–11.

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