O'Shea departs Ballymun as Comer set for Mayo minor role

Mayo's Seamus O'Shea receives a black card against Dublin. ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy.

Former Mayo midfielder Seamus O’Shea has vacated his role as Ballymun Kickhams senior football manager.

O’Shea took charge of the Dublin giants last February, but departs after they were knocked out of the Dublin SFC by Thomas Davis at the quarter-final stage. The Breaffy man won five Connacht SFC medals and played in three All-Ireland SFC finals alongside his brother Aidan during a decade-long inter-county career. Ballymun are inviting expressions of interest for the role as they seek to end a seven-year wait for Dublin SFC honours in 2027.

Meanwhile, John Comer is set to be named as the new Mayo minor football manager in succession to Diarmuid Byrne, who spent just one season at the helm. The Claremorris clubman has been recommended by the county’s management appointment committee for ratification at the next county board meeting.