St Brigid's appoint Mulligan as new senior manager

St Brigid's GAA has appointed Damien Mulligan as the new manager of the club’s senior football team.

A native of Crossmolina, Mulligan was part of Kevin McStay's management team when the former St Brigid's and Roscommon manager was in charge of Mayo. It was a management team which also included Stephen Rochford.

Mulligan takes over as St Brigid's manager from the highly respected Anthony Cunningham, who stepped down shortly after the Kiltoom side's extra-time defeat to Dingle in last month's thrilling All-Ireland senior club football final.

Having won their sixth Connacht senior title towards the end of last year, St Brigid's will be regarded as strong favourites to win another Roscommon crown in 2026. And if they do so, they will be seen as among the leading contenders for Connacht and All-Ireland success.

During his time in charge of Belmullet, Mulligan guided the club to the Mayo intermediate football title in 2018 and to the 2021 senior county final, where they lost out to Knockmore.

“St Brigid's GAA Club are delighted to announce that Damien Mulligan will be taking up the role of our senior men's manager for the year ahead,” said St Brigid's in a statement last night (Thursday).

“His backroom team and the management teams of our intermediate and junior teams will be announced in due course. We wish Damien and all involved the best of luck for the year ahead,” the statement added.