Rory Gallagher, the former Derry manager, has taken up a new coaching position with Naas GAA club. This move comes after a tumultuous period for Gallagher, who stepped away from the Derry team in 2023 following allegations of domestic abuse made by his estranged wife.
It's no real surprise that Rory Gallagher has a new coaching post with Naas . He always saw himself as a career coach, and his CV shows he's open to opportunities wherever they arise. As a player, he represented Cavan as well as his native Fermanagh, and he played club football in Dublin and Antrim, for good measure. As a coach, he worked closely with Jim McGuinness won the 2012 All-Ireland with Donegal.
He went on to manage Fermanagh to a rare Ulster final, before a spell in charge of Donegal and then he guided Derry to their first Ulster title in 24 years in 2022. Unless you've been living under a rock for a couple of years, though, you'll know why Gallagher's latest coaching move is making headlines. Derry were one of the favourites for the 2023 All-Ireland but, a couple of days before their Ulster final with Armagh that year, Gallagher stepped away from the position. His move came in the wake of Gallagher's estranged wife, Nicola, posting allegations of domestic abuse against him on social media. Gallagher stood down and released a statement through a solicitor in May, 2023, stating that the allegations had been 'investigated and dealt with by the relevant authorities''. Four months later, it was revealed that Gallagher had been ''temporarily debarred, without prejudice' while an independent safeguarding panel investigated those allegations on behalf of Ulster GAA. The barring order was lifted last February after a hearing before the GAA's Disputes Resolution Authority. This meant that Gallagher was free to return to coaching and managemen
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