Darren Fitzpatrick was a former coach of the Ireland national Australian rules football team

Playing & Coaching Career

Fitzpatrick was a former rookie with the Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs

The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...

. He guided the Irish team to victory in the inaugural 2002 Australian Football International Cup

Australian Football International Cup

The Australian Football International Cup is an international sport competition in Australian rules football...

 in Melbourne and the 2001 Atlantic Alliance Cup

Atlantic Alliance Cup

The Atlantic Alliance Cup is an international Australian rules football tournament run every 3 years. The inaugural tournament was in pitting clubs and national teams from the North Atlantic together....

. He then went on to coach the Castlehaven GAA

Castlehaven GAA

Castlehaven Gaelic Football Club is a West Cork-based GAA club in the parish of Castlehaven near the town of Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland. The club also draws players from the village of Union Hall. The club participates in competitions run by Cork GAA and by the Carbery divisional board...

 team when they won the Cork Senior Football Championship in 2003.