Pete McGrath

Pete McGrath is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player from Rostrevor, County Down, born on 6 June 1953. He played at every grade for Rostrevor, represented St Colman's College and Down at minor level, and captained the first Queen's University team to win the All-Ireland Freshers title, in 1973. He is best known as a manager. In charge of the Down senior football team from 1989 to 2002, he led the county to the Ulster and All-Ireland Senior Football Championships in 1991 and again in 1994, after steering Down to the All-Ireland Minor title in 1987. He also managed Ireland in the International Rules Series in 2004 and 2005, Fermanagh, whom he took to the 2015 All-Ireland quarter-final, and Louth, and has managed several clubs including Aghagallon. For almost thirty years he worked as a physical education teacher at St Colman's College in Newry, where his teams won five Hogan Cup titles between 1975 and 1998.