Cyril Farrell

Cyril Farrell (born 1 August 1950) is an Irish former hurling manager, selector, trainer and coach. He was the manager of the senior Galway county team on three occasions, during which time he became the county's longest-serving manager and most successful in terms of major titles won.

After being involved in team management and coaching in all grades at club level with Tommy Larkin's, as well as with the Galway minor and under-21 teams, Farrell was appointed coach of the Galway senior team for the first time in 1979. As manager at various times over much of the following twenty years, he led Galway through a period of unprecedented national dominance, winning seven major honours. These include three All-Ireland Championships, including back-to-back titles in 1987 and 1988, two Connacht Championships and two National Hurling Leagues.

Farrell regularly appears as a hurling pundit on RTÉ's The Sunday Game.

He won a Fitzgibbon Cup with University College Galway in 1977.

Honours Player University College Galway Fitzgibbon Cup: 1977

Tommy Larkins Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1971 Galway Senior Hurling Championship: 1971

Manager Galway All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1980, 1987, 1988 Connacht Senior Hurling Championship: 1997, 1998 National Hurling League: 1986-87, 1988-89 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1978, 1996 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 1983

Connacht Railway Cup: 1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991