John Fintan Daly

Club management
	Knocknagree; Duhallow; Milltown/Castlemaine
Inter-county management
	Cork junior football team; Cork under-21 football team
Inter-county titles

John Fintan Daly
Personal information
Irish name	Seán F. Ó Dálaigh
Sport	Gaelic football
Born	1957; Knocknagree,; County Cork, Ireland
Nickname	JFD
Occupation	Solicitor
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Knocknagree
Club titles
Cork titles	0

John Fintan Daly (born 1957) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former player. In a coaching career that has spanned over 40 years, he has enjoyed All-Ireland successes at club and inter-county levels.^[1]^[2] He has three children, notably John Fintan Daly Jr. (known as 'Small John' and 'Big Small John').^[3]

Management career

Daly's playing career with Knocknagree ended prematurely when he suffered a cruciate ligament injury as a 20-year-old, however, he immediately became involved in team management and coaching with the club. Over the course of a 40-year association, he has guided the club to numerous junior divisional championship titles before managing the team to the All-Ireland Club Championship title in 2017.^[4] Daly had earlier managed the Milltown/Castlemaine club in Kerry to the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship at intermediate level in 2012.^[5] At inter-county level, he has been involved as a selector and coach with various Cork teams. He guided the Cork junior team to the All-Ireland Championship title in 1984, before managing the Cork under-21 team to All-Ireland success a decade later in 1994. Daly's back-to-back County Championship successes with Duhallow in 1990 and 1991 earned him a place as a selector with the Cork senior football team.

Honours

Player

Knocknagree

Duhallow Junior A Football Championship: 1978

Management

Milltown/Castlemaine

Knocknagree

Duhallow

Cork Senior Football Championship: 1990, 1991

Cork

References

^ Tarrant, John (28 October 2017). "Daly's years of dedication to the Knocknagree cause nears ultimate pay off". The Corkman. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ O'Donovan, Barry (9 February 2018). "The impact of John Fintan Daly on Cork football has been immense". The Echo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ Video on YouTube
^ "'I'd two sons playing, but they're all like my family' - savouring All-Ireland junior success". The 42. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ O'Connor, Jason (3 December 2012). "John Fintan's pride in latest Milltown/castlemaine success". The Corkman. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[1] Tarrant, John (28 October 2017). "Daly's years of dedication to the Knocknagree cause nears ultimate pay off". The Corkman. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[2] O'Donovan, Barry (9 February 2018). "The impact of John Fintan Daly on Cork football has been immense". The Echo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[3] Video on YouTube

[4] "'I'd two sons playing, but they're all like my family' - savouring All-Ireland junior success". The 42. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[5] O'Connor, Jason (3 December 2012). "John Fintan's pride in latest Milltown/castlemaine success". The Corkman. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

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