Gary Kavanagh

Gary Kavanagh is a former Gaelic footballer from County Laois who played for the Stradbally club and usually played at wing forward for the Laois senior football team. In 2003 he was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship for the first time since 1946. He emerged on the inter-county scene in 1997 as part of the Laois minor squad that retained the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. In 2006 he was named captain of the Laois seniors but did not hold down a regular starting place. In January 2012 he called time on his inter-county career and has since moved into management, taking charge of the Laois under-21s, Ballylinan, Gracefield and Courtwood.