Peter Creedon

Personal information

Irish name

Peadar Ó Críodáin

Sport

Gaelic football

Born

Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland

Occupation

Secondary school principal

Inter-county management

Years	County
2012-2015	Tipperary

Inter-county titles

County	League	Province	All-Ireland
Tipperary	0	0	0

Peter Creedon is a Gaelic football manager from Roscarberry, County Cork. He was previously the manager of the Tipperary senior football team, where he was appointed on 28 March 2012 before leaving in July 2015.^[1] He took over from John Evans, who resigned on 18 March after Tipperary's defeat to Sligo in the Allianz League.

Creedon works as the principal of St Ailbe's School in Tipperary Town and lives in Thurles.^[2] He is a former coach of the Cahir senior football team and of his former local team Roscarbery, and was in charge of the Tipperary minor and U21 football teams from 2003 to 2008.^[3]

After Tipp were defeated by Kerry in the 2013 Championship Creedon called for the introduction of an All-Ireland 'B' Championship.^[4]

He left the Tipperary job in July 2015 due to time constraints as he is now the school principal in Coláiste Dún Iascaigh in Cahir.

References

↑ "Creedon confirmed as Tipperary football manager". RTÉ Sport. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
↑ "Tipperary appoint Peter Creedon". GAA.ie. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
↑ "Peter Creedon handed Premier football job". thescore.ie. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
↑ "Creedon calls for 'B' championship". Hogan Stand. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tom O'Connor	Tipperary Minor Football Manager 2003-2006	Succeeded by Philly Ryan
Preceded by Séamus McCarthy	Tipperary Under-21 Football Manager 2006-2008	Succeeded by John Evans
Preceded by John Evans	Tipperary Senior Football Manager 2012-2015	Succeeded by Liam Kearns

Tipperary - 2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship runners-up

1 E. Comerford 2 C. O'Shaughnessy 3 J. Feehan 4 K. Fahey 5 R. Mulcahy 6 L. Boland 7 B. Maher 8 S. O'Brien 9 C. O'Riordan (c) 10 J. Lonergan 11 I. Fahey 12 L. Casey 13 K. O'Halloran 14 J. Keane 15 P. Maher Subs used J. McGrath for P. maher Manager T. Toomey Selectors M. O'Loughlin M. McGeehin E. Cooney P. Creedon

Tipperary minor football team managers

T. Kirwan (2000–01) T. O'Connor (2001–03) P. Creedon (2003–06) P. Ryan (2006–08) D. Power (2008–12) C. McGeever (2012)

Tipperary under-21 football team managers

S. McCarthy (1985–88) C. O'Flaherty (1988–91) N. Byrne (1991–94) J. Cummins (1994–96) D. Ryan (1996–97) S. McCarthy (1997–99) W. Moloney (1999–01) J. Cummins (2001–03) S. McCarthy (2005–06) P. Creedon (2006–08) J. Evans (2008–12) D. Power (2012–14) T. Toomey (2014)

Tipperary senior football team managers

J. Mulvihill (1985–90) M. Niblock (1990–91) S. McCarthy (1991–96) P. Morrissey (1996–97) C. Browne (1997–99) C. O'Flaherty (1999–00) T. McGlinchey (2000–03) A. Shortall (2003–04) S. McCarthy (2004–06) J. Owens (2006–07) J. Evans (2007–12) P. Creedon (2012–15) L. Kearns (2015)

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