Niall Carew
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Staplestown, County Kildare, Ireland
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| Irish name | Niall Carrún | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
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1973 or 1974 (age 51–52)[1] Staplestown, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
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| Inter-county management | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2007–2012? 2012–2014 2014–2017 2020–2024 |
Kildare (selector) Waterford Sligo Carlow | ||
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Niall Carew (born 1974) is an Irish Gaelic football selector, manager and former Gaelic footballer won a Leinster minor football medal in 1991 and played with Kildare hurlers for a number of years .hurler
Carew has managed three inter-county football teams: Waterford, Sligo and Carlow.
Born in Staplestown, County Kildare, Carew played Gaelic football for the St Kevin's club and hurling for Coill Dubh. Six senior hurling championship medals .
He played until he was 27 years of age.[1]
In retirement from playing, Carew became involved in team management. At inter-county level he served as a selector with the senior Kildare county team. He was five seasons a selector with Kildare when Kieran McGeeney was manager, beginning from McGeeney's appointment to that role in 2007.[1]
A former selector by 2012, Carew was appointed to manage the Waterford county team in November of that year.[2] He was appointed manager of the Sligo county team in 2014.[3]
As of 2015, he was managing Ballylinan GAA in south Laois.[citation needed]
In August 2020, Carlow announced him as their successor to Turlough O'Brien.[4][5]
Carew spent until 2024 as Carlow manager.[6][7][8] After four and half seasons in charge, Carew left in June 2024, informing Carlow's footballers directly after their exit from the 2024 Tailteann Cup.[1] According to Frank Roche, writing in the Irish Independent in 2024, "few current managers will replicate" the five championships which Carew amassed with Carlow. [1]
As of 2024, Carew had been working with St John of God for more than two and a half decades.[1] Working from 8:30 until 4:30, he spent an additional five or six hours of each day working when he was involved with an inter-county team.[1]