Eamon O'Shea to remain part of Galway management team as Micheál Donoghue ratified

Former Tipperary manager Eamon O'Shea will remain part of the Galway senior hurling management set-up as Micheál Donoghue's appointment was formally ratified this evening.

Galway's 2017 All-Ireland winning manager returns to the post he left abruptly in the autumn of 2019, taking over once more on a four-year term.

His regular coaching duo of Francis Forde and Noel Larkin, who were part of the All-Ireland winning set-up in Galway and subsequently joined him for the past two years in Dublin, will again be centrally involved.

O'Shea's involvement, however, was up in the air until news filtered through today that the two-time All-Ireland winning coach will be remaining with Galway for another year.

O'Shea, a long-time resident of Galway and University of Galway academic, joined Henry Shefflin's management team at the end of last year. His son Donal is also on the panel.

However, 2024 proved a dismal year for the Tribes, with the team exiting the championship before the All-Ireland series with Leinster SHC losses to both Wexford and Dublin.

Donoghue had masterminded Dublin's victory over Galway, during which there was notable tension on the sideline in the wake of David Burke's first-half red card. Four months later and Donoghue is back in charge of his native county.

He previously worked with O'Shea as an analyst in the Tipperary management set-up during the 2013-15 period. O'Shea's three year stint in charge of Tipp yielded only a Munster title in 2015 and a narrow loss after a replay in the thrilling 2014 All-Ireland decider.

However, it is for his influential role as coach in Liam Sheedy's two spells as manager that marks him out, a period where he was widely credited for Tipp's fluid attacking play during the 2010 and 2019