MULTI-ALL-IRELAND winner Valerie Mulcahy has been added to Joe Carroll’s backroom team following his appointment as the new Cork ladies manager.

Carroll was announced as Shane Ronayne’s successor following a county board meeting last night, along with a stacked backroom team. 

Mulcahy, who was a key forward for Cork during their period of dominance, will work under Carroll as a mentor coach along with Brian McCarthy, Anne O’Grady, and Tadgh Buckley. James McCarthy has also been included as the lead football coach after a successful term as manager of the Castlehaven men’s team, delivering a senior count title and a Munster crown last season.

Fionn O’Shea has been added as a performance coach while Paul Cronin will be the team’s strength and conditioning coach.

Carroll, who delivered an All-Ireland minor title with Cork in 2022, was previously a member of John Cleary’s minor backroom team in 2018 and 2019 before subsequently becoming the manager.

He guided the county to back-to-back Munster titles in 2021 and 2022 as well as their All-Ireland success, but was not reappointed to the position in 2023. 

Carroll was in charge of the Éire Óg team who contested the last two senior county finals in Cork. They were defeated by Mourneabbey last year, and lost out to Aghada at the weekend following a free shootout.

Cork were relegated from Division 1 this year, dropping to the second tier for the first time since 2003. But they recovered in the championship by reaching the All-Ireland semi-finals where they were defeated by Galway.