| Personal information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ruairí Caomhánach[1] | ||||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||
| Born | 23 August 1982 Letterkenny, Ireland | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
| Occupation | Teacher | ||||
| Club management | |||||
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ruairí Caomhánach[2] | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
23 August 1982 Letterkenny, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Occupation | Teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2000–2020 pre-2009 c. 2015 |
St Eunan's Donegal Boston Donegal Boston | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Donegal titles | 6 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2001–2016 | Donegal | 100+ | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Rory Kavanagh (Irish: Ruairí Ó Caomhánach; born 23 August 1982) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player with St Eunan's and the Donegal county team. He was manager of St Eunan's from November 2020 until the end of the 2023 championship. He currently manages Watty Grahams, Glen.
First called up to play for the senior Donegal team in 2001, Kavanagh made substitute appearances in the 2004 Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) final, which Donegal lost, and the 2007 National Football League final, which Donegal won. He captained his county during the 2009 season, and again on his 100th appearance for the county, in the 2012 Ulster SFC preliminary round, in the absence of regular team captain Michael Murphy. That year, Kavanagh was part of the Donegal team that retained the Ulster SFC title it had won the previous year, adding the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as well, on this occasion. By the end of the 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship, Kavanagh had added a third, and final Ulster SFC medal to his collection.
Alongside Colm McFadden and Christy Toye, Kavanagh would have been considered one of the experienced members of the Donegal senior football panel in his final days.[3] His haul of Ulster Senior Football Championships was a joint county team record (alongside such past players as Anthony Molloy, Martin McHugh, Joyce McMullan and Donal Reid) for four years until Patrick McBrearty, Neil McGee, Paddy McGrath, Leo McLoone, Frank McGlynn, Michael Murphy and Anthony Thompson surpassed it in 2018. After retiring from inter-county football, Kavanagh became involved in club management.
- ^ "Countdown to Croker: Donegal name 'team' for All-Ireland final". 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Countdown to Croker: Donegal name 'team' for All-Ireland final". 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ Foley, Alan (11 September 2012). "Forward thinking McFadden". Donegal Democrat. Retrieved 11 September 2012.