Oisín McConville

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Oisín McConville
Personal information
Irish name Oisín Mac Conmhaoil
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left half forward
Born (1975-10-13) 13 October 1975 (age 48)
Crossmaglen, County Armagh,
Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
1993–2013
Crossmaglen
Club titles
Armagh titles 16
Ulster titles 10
All-Ireland Titles 6
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
1994–2008
 Armagh 52 (11–197) (230)
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 7
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1
All Stars 2
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Championship games only.

Oisín McConville (Irish: Oisín Mac Conmhaoil; born 13 October 1975) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He has been manager of the Wicklow county team since 2022. McCoville played at senior level for the Armagh county team in the 1990s and 2000s. He won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal, seven Ulster Championships and a National League title with the county. He was also awarded two All Stars.

McConville played club football for

Crossmaglen Rangers and won six All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championships, ten Ulster Senior Club Football Championships and 16 Armagh Senior Football Championships
with the club.

McConville played as forward. He was one of the game's best point-scorers and an expert free-taker.[1] He was consistently a high scorer for Armagh and is the all-time top Ulster scorer in Championship football[2] with a tally of 11–197 (230). He is widely considered one of Armagh's best ever players.[3] In 2009 to mark the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association he was named by The Irish News as one of the all-time best 125 footballers from Ulster.[1]

Despite his success on the field, McConville's personal life has been plagued by gambling problems.[4] He now works as an addiction counsellor.[5]

Background

McConville was born in

Celebrity Jigs n' Reels
special.

Playing career

Inter-county

McConville made his Armagh Senior debut in the Dr McKenna Cup final at Clones on 25 September 1994.

He played in the half forward line for

Saint Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
.

He won six All-Ireland Club titles with Crossmaglen in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2011 and 2012, and was top scorer in four of those years.

McConville retired from inter-county football after the 2008 season.

Club

McConville was part of the Crossmaglen team that won 13

2008), and the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship six times (1997, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2011 and 2012) with the club. McConville, along with Paul Hearty, John McEntee, Tony McEntee, Francie Bellew and Cathal Short is one of six Cross players to have shared in all these successes since 1996.[6] When McConville missed the 2009 Armagh Championship semi-final against Armagh Harps
through injury, it ended a run of 103 consecutive Championship games for Crossmaglen.

McConville announced his retirement from Crossmaglen Rangers after their All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final defeat to St Brigid's on 16 February 2013.

Province

School

McConville attended the

St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
.

Media career

He has interviewed people who are involved in Gaelic games for the Sunday Life newspaper, including Barry Cassidy and Tomás Corrigan.[7][8]

Managerial career

McConville managed Crossmaglen, Meath GAA club Seneschalstown and Dundalk IT, and was managing Monaghan GAA club Inniskeen Grattans when he was appointed manager of the senior Wicklow county team ahead of the 2023 season.[9]

Honours

Club
As manager
Inter-county
Individual
  • 2 All Star 2000, 2002
  • Amongst highest scoring players in All-Ireland Senior Football Championship history.

References

  1. ^ a b "Ulster's 125 – The province's 125 best footballers since 1884". The Irish News. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Ulster's hot-shots". BBC Sport. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  3. ^ a b c "Ulster's 125 – Armagh shortlist". The Irish News. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  4. ^ "McConville's life and times". BBC News. 26 November 2009.
  5. An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (136 ed.). SoundCloud
    . Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  6. ^ a b Archer, Kenny (21 October 2008). "Thirteen on the trot for six of the best". The Irish News. p. 42. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  7. ^ McConville, Oisín (19 July 2020). "'Referees get nervous and feel pressure, like any player'". Sunday Life.
  8. ^ McConville, Oisín (14 April 2020). "Tomas Corrigan: I rediscovered my love for GAA in Latin America but now the central body must overhaul its funding priorities". Sunday Life.
  9. ^ "McConville takes first steps into inter-county management with Wicklow". Hogan Stand. 3 September 2022.

External links

Awards
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Football Final
2002
 Succeeded by
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