Brennan appointed Dublin senior football boss

The Dublin County Board has confirmed that former All-Ireland winner Ger Brennan has been appointed as manager of the Dublin senior football team on a three-year term.

The St Vincent’s clubman enjoyed a decorated playing career, lifting the Sam Maguire with Dublin under Pat Gilroy in 2011 and Jim Gavin in 2013. He was also a key figure at club level, captaining St Vincent’s to county and provincial titles and winning the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Dublin County Board chairman Ken O’Sullivan (pictured above with Ger) congratulated Brennan on his appointment.

“Ger has achieved the highest honours as a player with Dublin and he has our full support in leading the Dublin senior football panel in pursuit of further honours in the coming years,” he said. “We wish Ger, his team and the panel the very best and look forward to the 2026 season.”

Brennan’s management and backroom team will be confirmed in due course.

The 38-year-old brings recent inter-county experience to the role, having managed Louth from 2023 to 2025. In May, he guided the Wee County to their first Leinster Senior Football Championship title in 68 years, edging Meath 3-14 to 1-18 in the final.

Brennan made his Dublin senior debut in the National League against Tyrone in February 2007 and won the O’Byrne Cup the same year. After briefly stepping away from the panel in 2008 due to burnout, he returned later that summer and went on to win two All-Ireland medals before retiring from inter-county football in 2015.

Since then, he has combined club football with coaching roles, including a spell as Carlow head coach in 2020 before taking charge of Louth.