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Brian Flanagan to be named as new Kildare manager

Former U20 All Ireland winning manager with Kildare lands the senior job.

BRIAN FLANAGAN WILL be ratified as the new Kildare senior football manager by the county board when they have their monthly meeting on 3, September.

Since Glen Ryan’s departure, the feeling was always that Flanagan, with significant underage success with the county in recent years, would get the job. But there was also some speculation that Mickey Harte, with links to the county, might have come under consideration.

Kildare now begin life in National League Division 3 in 2025, and run the risk of losing out on a place in the Sam Maguire if they cannot arrest their slide.

Flanagan will have the support of many however, based on his recent achievements in guiding the Lilywhites to the U20 Leinster title in 2022 and 2023, the second triumph topped with the All Ireland title.

There was some speculation that former Donegal player Michael Murphy could be part of the backroom, but that appears not to be the case.

Those confirmed as part of the backroom include the widely-travelled Aidan O’Rourke – who had a spell in the county under Kieran McGeeney – Damien Hendy and Daryl Flynn.

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    May 18th 2014, 4:39 PM

    Super footballer but my god how can any man be that cool.

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    May 18th 2014, 4:54 PM

    Insane how Milan let him leave for free. Class act, fantastic beard

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    May 18th 2014, 5:01 PM

    Ah Pirlo, the most loved beard on the planet

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    May 18th 2014, 9:44 PM

    Nah gordon darcy wins that one!

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    May 18th 2014, 4:58 PM

    He’s only 34 not 54

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    May 18th 2014, 6:41 PM

    He only looks cool. He actually collects stamps and his favourite band is One Direction, ’cause he likes their music!

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    May 19th 2014, 8:04 AM

    I think the 4 world class free kicks he’s scored this year before this one proved he still had it also in fairness!

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