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Oisin McConville set to take over as Wicklow senior football manager

"Life in Division 4 may not seem a glamorous prospect but I will be giving what I see as a big challenge everything." Oisín McConville has confirmed he is taking over as Wicklow senior football manager

Brian Barry

GAA Editor @BrianGBarry

Friday 2 September 2022 22:48, UK

30 August 2020; Inniskeen manager Ois..n McConville during the Monaghan County Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final match between Truagh and Inniskeen at St Marys Park in Castleblaney, Monaghan. Photo by Philip Fitzpatrick/Sportsfile
Image: Oisin McConville has managed Monaghan side Inniskeen in recent years

Armagh legend Oisin McConville is set to take over as Wicklow senior football manager.

McConville, an All-Ireland winner in 2002, will step into his first intercounty management role.

The Crossmaglen Rangers club man has built up a wealth of experience on the sideline in recent years, at both club and colleges level.

He was a member of Ray Dempsey's proposed management ticket in Mayo, but the Connacht county instead opted for Kevin McStay.

He will take the reins of the Garden County in 2023 - they have been without a permanent boss since the departure of Colin Kelly early in the 2022 season.

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Wicklow GAA announced the news on Friday night.

"Wicklow GAA Management Committee will recommend to Wicklow Co Board that Oisin McConville be appointed as Wicklow Senior Football Manager," read a statement.

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"Oisin's experience as a player, coach and manager will bring energy and enthusiasm to the role. His backroom team will be confirmed in the coming weeks."

8 May 2022; Oisín McConville of BBC Sport at the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Cavan and Donegal at St Tiernach's Park in Clones, Monaghan. Photo by Piaras .. M..dheach/Sportsfile
Image: McConville is taking the plunge into intercounty management

McConville confirmed the news to the Belfast Telegraph: "I have had experience of managing at under-age level, university level, club level and now I'm taking the plunge into the intercounty bracket.

"Life in Division 4 may not seem a glamorous prospect but I will be giving what I see as a big challenge everything. I have been involved in projects before that were demanding and I feel I'm at a stage of my life now where I can embrace this totally new challenge with enthusiasm."

24 April 2022; The Wicklow panel break from the team photograph before the Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship Round 1 match between Wicklow and Laois at the County Grounds in Aughrim, Wicklow. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile
Image: Wicklow will compete in Division 4 of the National League in 2023

Wicklow enjoyed a promising summer in 2022. They fell to Meath in the Leinster Championship quarter-final, after a six-point win over Laois, and overcame Waterford in the Tailteann Cup before eventually succumbing to Offaly.

It has been a busy intercounty off-season of managerial changes. Wicklow's appointment of McConville is the eighth coronation of a new boss for 2023, while vacancies remain in Donegal, Monaghan, Wexford, Westmeath, Roscommon and Limerick.

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