Val Daly is a former inter-county footballer for Galway

Galway GAA

The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...

Originally from Mountbellew, Daly made his debut with the county side in the 1981 National League and played up until the 1997 Championship season when he was player manager.

An All-Star in 1987 and 1990, Daly won five Connacht Senior Championships

Connacht Senior Football Championship

The Bank of Ireland Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. A series of games are played during the summer months and the final is played in July....

. As well as managing the Galway football team between 1996 and 1997, he was also appointed temporary manager of the Roscommon

Roscommon GAA

For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games...

 football team in 2005, after the resignation of Tommy Carr

Tommy Carr

Tommy Carr is a former inter county Gaelic football player for Dublin. He has also managed Dublin, Roscommon and Cavan. He was awarded an all star in 1991 in the same year that he won a National Football League medal with Dublin...

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