Paul Caffrey

Paul Caffrey is a former Gaelic footballer from the Northside of Dublin who played for the Na Fianna club and for the Dublin county team before becoming a football manager. He grew up on Dorset Street, where his parents ran a greengrocers' shop, and his football began at St. Vincent's C.B.S. in Glasnevin and at the nearby Na Fianna club. He represented Dublin at minor and senior level, is the brother of John Caffrey, who won a senior All-Ireland medal in 1983, and is a member of the Garda Síochána. As a manager he took Na Fianna to the 2000 All-Ireland Club Final, which they lost to Crossmaglen Rangers, then served as a selector under Tommy Lyons before succeeding him as Dublin manager in November 2004. Dublin won the Leinster Senior Football Championship in his first three seasons and a fourth title in 2008, and reached the All-Ireland semi-finals in 2006 and 2007. He resigned after a heavy quarter-final defeat by Tyrone in 2008 and was succeeded by Pat Gilroy.