Davy Burke (born 5 February 1988) is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

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and former player. He has been manager of the Roscommon county team since 2022. He formerly managed

Wicklow Wicklow ( ; , meaning 'church of the toothless one'; ) is the county town of County Wicklow in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located on the east of Ireland, south of Dublin. According to the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had ...

Career

Burke's playing career (including underage with Kildare) was brought to an end by numerous injuries, including two torn cruciates and a cracked kneecap. He had a replacement plastic kneecap put in. Burke, who is from

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, managed

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to the 2018 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship. Appointed in November 2017, he resigned in October 2018. He then managed Maynooth in the

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. While managing Sarsfields of Newbridge in 2019 (he led them to the 2019 Kildare Senior Football Championship), Burke was mentioned as a possible Kildare senior manager before Jack O'Connor took the role. Burke was subsequently appointed Wicklow manager in September 2019 at the age of 31, becoming the youngest manager then active at this level of the sport. Burke was also the youngest senior inter-county manager to have ever been appointed. He expressed interest in recruiting players from other counties who have family ties to Wicklow. He departed as Wicklow manager in August 2021. In October 2022, Burke was appointed as

Roscommon Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ...

manager for a three-year term. At the time of his appointment he was manager Maynooth University's

team. He was 34 years of age.

Personal life

Burke is married.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Davy 1988 births Living people Coaches of Gaelic football teams at Irish universities Gaelic football managers Gaelic games players from County Kildare Roscommon county football team non-playing personnel Wicklow county football team non-playing personnel