Passing of legendary manager and player Mick O'Dwyer
GAA news
The death has occurred of legendary Gaelic football manager and player Mick O’Dwyer, who was 88.
O’Dwyer, a native of Waterville in Co Kerry, won four senior All-Ireland medals as a player and eight as manager of his home county between 1975 and 1986. Kerry’s ‘Golden Years’ side, whom O’Dwyer managed, are commonly regarded as one of the greatest teams of all time, winning four successive All-Irelands between 1978 and 1981 inclusive and three-in-a-row from 1984-86.
O’Dwyer later managed Kildare, with whom he won two Leinster SFC titles and reached the 1998 All-Ireland final, and Wicklow to great success before finishing his inter-county managerial career with Clare.
‘Micko’ won a total of 23 Munster SFC titles and 11 National Leagues across his career as a player and a manager.
A hotelier by trade, O’Dwyer’s first wife Mary Carmel died in 2012 and he married Geraldine Shields in 2023.
O'Dwyer is survived by his wife Geraldine, his sons John, Robbie and Karl, and is pre-deceased by another son Michael.