Castletown-Geoghegan manager Alan Mangan is still beaming after their shock win over Kilkenny champions Thomastown.
ALAN MANGAN WAS back in work the morning after masterminding a major upset in the Leinster club hurling championship last Sunday. Some normality after the madness.
The wheel must turn, however. And there isn’t much time to get his players back to neutral before charging up again to face Offaly champions Kilcormac-Kiloughey this weekend. Congratulations to Castletown-Geoghegan who have qualified for the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship Semi-Finals thanks to a famous win over Kilkenny champions Thomastown this afternoon at TEG Cusack Park 🇱🇻#iarmhiabu #westmeathgaa#maroonandwhitearmy pic.twitter.com/NHmspebTq3
His hurling connections however, are less well known beyond the Westmeath borders. At home, Mangan is affectionately known as ‘Budda.’ It’s a nickname he inherited from his father due to his tanned skin. And he’s been a dual player from the beginning. “I would predominantly be known as a football man and I don’t cover the fact that football would be my number one. I played with Castletown my whole life and loved hurling. We would have a stronger hurling team than football at the moment but the lads would very much throw their shoulder to the wheel when it comes to football.”Mangan is building an impressive coaching CV, but he continues to play football as a goalkeeper for Malachy’s.
When Mangan took over the Castletown hurlers in 2022, they were carrying the wounds of three county final defeats in-a-row, including an extra-time heartbreak in 2020 against Clonkill.
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