Charlie McGeever

Early life McGeever is a native of Derryconnor, in the Cloughaneely region of Donegal in north-west Ireland. McGeever credits McGowan, alongside Fr Sweeney, Fr Gallagher and Seosamh Kelly, as being the most influential people on his sporting career. He had only returned from London for two nights when he heard that Seosamh Kelly was organising a Cloich Cheann Fhaola team to play a match against St Michael's at the Burn Road in Termon, and — ignoring his mother's advice to rest — off he went.

As a consequence of his injury, McGeever missed out on Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final victory, again watching on as many of his former teammates achieved the pinnacle of the sport of Gaelic football. After Keely departed, McGeever became manager of Harps, this time on a permanent basis. In his first year in charge Kerry defeated Tipperary, captained by the future professional Australian rules footballer Colin O'Riordan, in the Munster Football Championship, while Monaghan defeated them in the All-Ireland Football Championship quarter-final. Kerry defeated Tipperary again in the Munster Football Championship in McGeever's second year in charge.

In 2019, McGeever was named as a selector for the Tipperary senior football team when David Power was appointed manager following the resignation of Liam Kearns, with long-term McGeever ally McGeehin named as head coach. Tipperary qualified for, and then won, the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship Final, defeating Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The team advanced to the semi-final of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Personal life McGeever taught for a time at St Eunan's College in Letterkenny. He also taught at Pobalscoil Chloich Cheann Fhaola. After moving to Tipperary, he became principal of Gaelcholáiste Chéitinn in Clonmel. While based in the south of Ireland during the school year, McGeever maintains contact with Ollie Horgan, a former colleague at St Eunan's College who had managed Fanad United and, following McGeever's move to Clonmel, went on to also manage Finn Harps. 2020