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15 March 2025; Kerry head coach Cian O'Neill makes his way onto the pitch before the Allianz Football League Division 1 match between Kerry and Armagh at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, Kerry. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Nomadic guru O'Neill seeks to add to trophy haul

Cian O'Neill is almost as familiar with All-Ireland finals as the county with whom he's working.

The Newbridge or Nowhere mural outside St Conleth's Park

Newbridge or Nowhere showed 'feeling in GAA grassroots'

The shot of the gable wall bearing the defiant message 'Newbridge or Nowhere' became one of the defining images of the otherwise forgettable 2018 All-Ireland football championship.

GAA • 01 Jun 20

Cian O'Neill has taken a coaching role with the Rebels

Cian O'Neill takes up Cork coaching role

Former Kildare senior football manager Cian O'Neill has taken up a backroom staff role with the Cork footballers.

GAA • 17 Sep 19

O'Connor on the line for Kerry's Under-20s this season

Kildare release statement denying O'Connor link

There has been speculation that the three-time All-Ireland-winning Kerry boss is set for a return to inter-county management.

GAA • 06 Aug 19

Cian O'Neill shakes hands with Mickey Harte after the game

Cian O'Neill non-committal about his Kildare future

Kildare football manager Cian O'Neill did not give much away about his future in the aftermath of his side's loss to Tyrone in the qualifiers.

Football • 29 Jun 19

Cian O'Neill credited his team's attitude

Cian O'Neill: We have no right to look past next match

The Kildare manager was delighted with his team's reaction to their heavy defeat to Dublin, as they swept aside Antrim to leave themselves two wins from a Super 8s return.

GAA • 22 Jun 19

Kildare saw off Longford at the second attempt

O'Neill happy with Kildare work-rate ahead of Dubs tie

Kildare manager Cian O'Neill reckons his side can improve by "20 or 30 per cent" when they come up against All-Ireland champions Dublin next weekend.

GAA • 03 Jun 19

McEntee has overseen the Meath footballers for two years

McEntee: Things starting to look up for Meath

Meath manager Andy McEntee said that things are starting to come together for the Royal County after they snatched victory against Kildare in Navan.

GAA • 03 Mar 19

Cian O'Neill backs new Gaelic football rules

Kildare manager Cian O'Neill has welcomed the trial of the new rules in Gaelic football after his side beat Carlow in their first O'Byrne Cup game under the new regime.

GAA • 15 Dec 18

Daniel Flynn fields a high ball during last summer's qualifier win over Fermanagh

Kildare must plan without key duo Flynn and Kelly

Daniel Flynn are Niall Kelly are notable absentees from an extended Kildare football squad named by Cian O'Neill.

GAA • 03 Dec 18

High fielding in dangerous areas iis now a rarity in football

Could Gaelic football benefit from an 'offensive mark'?

On paper, the introduction of an 'offensive mark' would force managers to alter their tactics as to how Gaelic football is played.

GAA • 02 Sep 18

'Flynn looks like he's just trying to throw him off.'

Doyle: I would have sympathy for Flynn after red card

Former Kildare star Johnny Doyle says he has 'sympathy' for Daniel Flynn after he was dismissed with a red card in their crucial Super 8s clash with Galway.

Football • 23 Jul 18

Daniel Flynn was sent off early in the second half of Kildare's loss to Galway in Newbridge

Cian O'Neill fury at 'shocking' red card decision

Kildare manager Cian O'Neill was furious at the second half decision to send off Daniel Flynn in his team's three point loss to Galway in Newbridge this afternoon.

GAA • 23 Jul 18

O'Neill: Our route to Super 8s tougher than Monaghan's

Cian O'Neill believes Kildare's arduous route through the qualifiers took its toll as they suffered a two-point defeat at hands of Monaghan.

GAA • 15 Jul 18

Cian O'Neill: "These guys deserve nothing less."

'Honesty, character, resilience - we're there on merit'

Cian O'Neill showered praise on his resurgent Kildare charges after they stormed into the Super 8s, declaring: "Those Kildare footballers deserve to be in there on merit."

GAA • 08 Jul 18

All O'Neill wanted was fair play in Newbridge or Nowhere campaign

O'Neill canonised Patron Saint of the Small Man in GAA

After the week that was, Kildare were under pressure to deliver - and they duly provided the goods.

GAA • 01 Jul 18

Pascall Connell and Mark Sherry celebrate after the game

Cian O'Neill: 'We stuck to our guns'

Cian O'Neill hailed his Kildare players' resolve after they put the pain of an early Leinster exit behind them with a stunning qualifier elimination of Mayo.

GAA • 30 Jun 18

O'Neill stands ground and says GAA integrity in danger

Kildare manager Cian O'Neill feels there will be "long-standing implications" for the GAA if they don't change their stance on the venue for Saturday's All-Ireland qualifier with Mayo, describing their health and safety reference as "a convenient untruth".

GAA • 26 Jun 18

O'Neill backs Croker boycott: 'We'll be in Newbridge'

Kildare manager Cian O'Neill insists his players will boycott their All-Ireland qualifier clash with Mayo if it is not moved to Newbridge from Croke Park, however the GAA say the game will not be switched.

GAA • 25 Jun 18

Cian O'Neill: 'It was just a shockingly poor performance'

O'Neill: Kildare loss 'catastrophic' and 'humiliating'

Kildare manager Cian O'Neill described his team's loss to Carlow in the Leinster SFC quarter-final in Tullamore as "catastrophic" and "humiliating".

GAA • 28 May 18

'It's a disgrace' - O'Neill raging with gumshield red

'How many mistakes does it take to get things right,' asked an angry Kildare manager after his captain Eoin Doyle was given a second yellow card for not having a gumshield.

GAA • 26 Feb 18

The weather wasn't kind on the first week of League action

League football in January? The managers have their say

We're one week into the 2018 Allianz Football League campaign and managers are still trying to get their heads around the new-look GAA season.

GAA • 30 Jan 18

Westmeath fans celebrate winning Leinster in 2004

Leinster running out of heroes amidst Dublin dominance

Dublin's dominance in Leinster looks like an unstoppable juggernaut and the rest of the province is fast running out of heroes, writes Michael Glennon.

GAA • 28 Jan 18

Cian O'Neill's team exited the Championship at the hands of Armagh at HQ

O'Neill: Kildare will come back stronger and better

Kildare boss Cian O'Neill admitted he was extremely disappointed at his side's failure to reach the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals but insisted they would improve for the experience.

GAA • 30 Jul 17

Daniel Flynn of Kildare evades a swarm of Meath bodies

Kildare power into first Leinster final in eight years

Cathal McNally's first-half goal put Kildare on their way to a surprisingly routine 2-16 to 0-13 victory in Tullamore, securing a Leinster SFC final clash with Dublin or Westmeath next month.

GAA • 18 Jun 17

Cian ONeill