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P. J. McGowan

Irish Gaelic football manager and administrator

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About P. J. McGowan

P. J. McGowan was an association football coach.

P. J. McGowan (born 1951/52) His club is Seán Mac Cumhaills. In the early 1990s, he spent a short time as senior manager of Fermanagh.

McGowan took over as Donegal's senior manager in the wake of the club's success in the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, at a time when players such as Anthony Molloy and Martin McHugh had retired. They then lost to Monaghan in a game he described as the lowest point of his time as manager. Among the players he introduced during his time as manager were Damian Diver, Peter McGinley, James Ruane and Brian Roper.

McGowan has been an administrator on the Ulster Council. He completed five years as Donegal County Chairman in December 2012.

He managed Aodh Ruadh in 2006.

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· Wikidata: Q98786014

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