Éamonn Fitzmaurice

Éamonn Fitzmaurice
Personal information
Irish name	Éamonn Mac Muiris
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre-back
Born	1977 Lixnaw, County Kerry, Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Occupation	Secondary school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Finuge Lixnaw Feale Rangers University College Cork
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Kerry titles	3	1
Munster titles	1	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1996-2007	Kerry	48 (0-7)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	6
All-Irelands	3
NFL	2

Éamonn Fitzmaurice is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He has been the manager of the Kerry senior team since 2012.^[1]

Born in Lixnaw, County Kerry, Fitzmaurice was introduced to Gaelic football in his youth. He enjoyed some success at schools' level with Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí while simultaneously enjoying championship successes at underage levels with the Finuge club. An All-Ireland medal winner in the intermediate grade, Fitzmaurice has a a unique collection of Kerry novice, junior, intermediate and senior medals with the Finuge club and the Feale Rangers divisional side.^[2] As a dual player he also won three championship medals with the Lixnaw senior hurling team.

Fitzmaurice made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Kerry minor team. An All-Ireland medal winner as a non-playing substitute in this grade, he later won two All-Ireland medals with the under-21 team. Fitzmaurice made his senior debut during the 1996-97 league. He went on to play a key role for Kerry in defence during a hugely successful era, and won three All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and two National Football League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

Fitzmaurice was a member of the Munster inter-provincial team in 2004 but failed to win a Railway Cup medal. Throughout his inter-county career he made 48 championship appearances. Fitzmaurice retired from inter-county Gaelic football on 10 April 2007.^[3]

On retiring Fitzmaurice wrote a column for the Irish Examiner. He quickly became involved in team management as a selector with the Kerry senior team. An All-Ireland winner in this role, he later enjoyed an unsuccessful tenure as manager of the Kerry under-21 team. Fitzmaurice was appointed manager of the Kerry senior team on 27 August 2012.^[4]^[5]^[6] He has since gone on to lead Kerry to several major triumphs, winning five major honours. These include one All-Ireland Championship and three Munster Championships.^[7]

Career statistics

Player

Team	Year	National League			Championship		Total
Team	Year	Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Kerry	1997	Division 1	2	0-00	0	0-00	2	0-00
	1998	Division 1	3	0-02	3	0-00	6	0-02
	1999	Division 2	5	0-01	0	0-00	5	0-01
	2000	Division 1A	6	0-00	6	0-02	12	0-02
	2001		5	0-00	6	0-00	11	0-00
	2002		8	0-01	9	0-01	17	0-01
	2003		3	0-00	4	0-00	7	0-00
	2004		8	0-00	7	0-00	15	0-00
	2005		4	0-01	6	0-01	10	0-02
	2006		9	0-06	7	0-03	16	0-09
	2007		4	0-00	0	0-00	4	0-00
Total			57	0-11	48	0-07	105	0-18

Manager

As of match played 24 April 2016.

Team	From	To	McGrath Cup				League				Munster				All-Ireland				Total
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	G	W	D	L	G	W	D	L	G	W	D	L	G	W	D	L	Win %
Kerry	27 August 2012	Present	10	7	0	3	30	15	1	14	8	7	1	0	8	6	0	2	56	35	2	19	62.5%

Honours

Player

University College Cork

Munster Senior Club Football Championship (1): 1999
Cork Senior Football Championship (1): 1999

Finuge

Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1): 2012
Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2012
All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2006
Munster Junior Club Football Championship (2): 2003, 2005
Kerry Junior Football Championship (3): 1996, 2002, 2004
Kerry Novice Football Championship (1): 1996

Lixnaw

Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1999, 2005, 2007

Feale Rangers

Kerry Senior Football Championship (1): 2007

Kerry

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (3): 2000, 2004, 2006
Munster Senior Football Championship (6): 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
National Football League (2): 2004, 2006

Selector

Kerry

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 2009
Munster Senior Football Championship (1): 2010
National Football League (1): 2009

Manager

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne

Hogan Cup (2): 2014, 2015
Corn Uí Mhuirí (4): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Kerry

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 2015
Munster Senior Football Championship (3): 2013, 2014, 2015
McGrath Cup (1): 2013

References

↑ Duggan, Keith (22 August 2015). "Eamonn Fitzmaurice proves a pragmatic keeper of the flame". Irish Times. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
↑ "It's Captain Galvin for Kerry as Feale land title". Irish Independent. 25 November 2012.
↑ "Kingdom rocked by Fitzmaurice retirement". Hogan Stand. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
↑ "Fitzmaurice takes Kerry Senior Football role". Irish Examiner. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
↑ "Newly appointed Kerry senior football manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice understands scale of new role". RTÉ Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
↑ "Eamon Fitzmaurice is named as new Kerry football manager". BBC Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
↑ "Quiet man with common touch draws strength from adversity". Irish Independent. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

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Achievements
Preceded by Jim Gavin (Dublin)	All-Ireland Senior Football Final winning manager 2014	Succeeded by Jim Gavin (Dublin)
Sporting positions
Preceded by John Kennedy	Kerry Under-21 Football Manager 2011-2012	Succeeded by Darragh Ó Sé
Preceded by Jack O'Connor	Kerry Senior Football Manager 2012-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Kerry – 1996 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (8th title)

1 D. Murphy 2 K. O'Driscoll 3 B. McCarthy 4 M. O'Shea 5 K. Burns 6 C. Drummond 7 É. Fitzmaurice 8 D. Ó Sé 9 W. Kirby 10 D. O'Dwyer 11 L. Hassett (c) 12 D. Ó Cinnéide 13 J O'Shea 14 B. Clarke 15 M. F. Russell Subs J. Brennan Ruairi O'Rahilly J. Ferriter Manager P. Ó Sé

Kerry – 1998 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (9th title)

1 D. Moloney 2 M. McCarthy 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 K. Leen 5 J. Sheehan 6 T. Ó Sé 7 M. Beckett 8 T. Griffin 9 É. Fitzmaurice 10 A. Mac Gearailt 11 P. O'Sullivan 12 L. Brosnan 13 M. F. Russell 14 N. Kennelly 15 B. Scanlon (c) Subs used I. Twiss M. Burke S. Hegarty Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (32nd title)

Subs used (replay): 17 M. Fitzgerald; 20 T. Griffin

Subs used (drawn game): 17 M. Fitzgerald; 18 D. O'Dwyer

Subs not used: 16 P. O'Leary; 19 K. Burns; 21 E. Galvin; 22 M. Lyons; 23 K. Dillon; 24 S. O'Sullivan

Manager: P. Ó Sé

Selectors: J. O'Keeffe; J. O'Connor; E. O'Sullivan; E. Walsh

Kerry – 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 D. O'Keeffe 2 M. Ó Sé 3 S. Moynihan 4 M. McCarthy 5 T. Ó Sé 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 J. Sheehan 8 D. Ó Sé (c) 9 D. Daly 10 S. O'Sullivan 11 E. Brosnan 12 L. Hassett 13 M. F. Russel 14 D. Ó Cinnéide 15 C. Cooper Subs A. Mac Gearailt T. O'Sullivan B. O'Shea J. Crowley Manager P. Ó Sé

Kerry – 2004 National Football League Champions (17th title)

1 D. Murphy 2 T. O'Sullivan 3 M. McCarthy 4 A. O'Mahony 5 T. Ó Sé (c) 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 S. Moynihan 8 W. Kirby 9 E. Brosnan 10 L. Hassett 11 D. O'Sullivan 12 Paul Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 J. Crowley 15 M. F. Russell Subs used D. Ó Cinnéide for Crowley M. Ó Sé for Galvin Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2004 All Ireland Senior Football Champions (33rd title)

1 D. Murphy 2 A. O'Mahony 3 M. McCarthy 4 T. O'Sullivan 5 M. Ó Sé 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 T. Ó Sé 8 W. Kirby 9 E. Brosnan 10 L. Hassett 11 D. O'Sullivan 12 Paul Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 D. Ó Cinnéide (c) 15 J. Crowley Subs used S. Moynihan M. F. Russell R. O'Connor P. Kelly B. Guiney Injured (played in semi-final) D. Ó Sé Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 D. Murphy 2 M. McCarthy 3 A. O'Mahony 4 T. O'Sullivan 5 T. Ó Sé 6 M. Ó Sé 7 S. Moynihan 8 D. Ó Sé 9 W. Kirby 10 L. Hassett 11 Declan O'Sullivan (c) 12 Paul Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 E. Brosnan 15 D. Ó Cinnéide Subs M. F. Russell Darran O'Sullivan É. Fitzmaurice B. Sheehan Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2006 National Football League Champions (18th title)

1 D. Murphy 2 A. O'Mahony 3 M. Ó Sé 4 T. O'Sullivan 5 S. Moynihan 6 T. Ó Sé 7 M. Lyons 8 D. Ó Sé 9 K. Donaghy 10 P. Galvin 11 É. Fitzmaurice 12 B. Sheehan 13 C. Cooper 14 Declan O'Sullivan (c) 15 R. O'Connor Subs used Darran O'Sullivan for O'Connor E. Brosnan for Fitzmaurice T. Griffin for O'Mahony M. F. Russell for Cooper Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (34th title)

Subs used

17 E. Brosnan for T. Ó Sé
18 Darran O'Sullivan for S. O'Sullivan
19 É. Fitzmaurice for T. Griffin
20 B. Sheehan for M. F. Russell
22 B. Guiney for A. O'Mahony

Manager: J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (36th title)

Subs used: 18 D. Walsh for T. Kennelly; 27 K. Donaghy for Darran O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke for D. Ó Sé; 23 D. Moran for T. Walsh; 17 A. O'Mahony for K. Young

Subs not used: 16 G. Reidy; 19 B. Sheehan; 21 P. O'Connor; 22 P. Reidy; 24 A. Maher; 25 S. O'Sullivan; 26 D. Bohan; 28 A. O'Shea; 29 M. Corridan; 30 B.J. Walsh

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: É. Fitzmaurice; G. O'Keeffe

Kerry – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (37th title)

Subs used: 18 M. Geaney for O'Brien; 21 B. J. Keane for P. Geaney; 17 S. Enright for Fitzgerald; 19 Declan O'Sullivan for Walsh; 20 B. Sheehan for Moran; 23 K. O'Leary for Donaghy

Subs not used: 16 B. Kealy; 22 Darran O'Sullivan; 24 J. Lyne; 25 M. Griffin; 26 P. Kilkenny; 27 A. Fitzgerald; 28 C. Cooper; 29 J. Sherwood; 30 D. Casey; 31 P. O'Donoghue; 32 S. O'Callaghan; 33 M. Mangan; 34 F. MacNamara
Manager: É. Fitzmaurice

Selectors: M. Sheehy; D. Murphy
Trainer: C. O'Neill

Kerry under-21 football team – managers

S. Geaney (2007–09) J. Kennedy (2009–11) É. Fitzmaurice (2011–12) D. Ó Sé (2012–15) J. O'Connor (2015)

Kerry senior football team – managers

J. Brosnan (1965–68) J. Lyne (1968–71) J. Keohane (1971–72) J. Culloty (1972–75) M. O'Dwyer (1975–89) M. O'Sullivan (1989–92) D. Moran (1992–95) P. Ó Sé (1995–03) J. O'Connor (2003–06) P. O'Shea (2006–08) J. O'Connor (2008–12) É. Fitzmaurice (2012–present)

Kerry senior football team – current panel

1 B. Kealy

2 M. Ó Sé
3 M. Griffin
4 S. Enright

8 K. Donaghy
9 D. Moran

Subs: 18 K. Young for Fitzgerald; 23 B. O'Sullivan for Walsh; 22 J. Lyne for Griffin; 19 B. J. Keane for O'Brien; 20 P. O'Connor for Crowley; 21 M. Geaney for Murphy

Subs not used: 16 B. Kelly; 17 J. Buckley; 24 K. O'Leary; 25 T. Walsh; 26 D. Daly

Manager: É. Fitzmaurice

Selectors: P. Corcoran; L. Hassett; D. Murphy; M. Sheehy

(Team as of 24 April 2016 versus Dublin)

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