New Louth manager Colin Kelly
Colin Kelly was last night appointed the new manager of the Louth senior team.
The former Newtown Blues and Dreadnots player is one of the top scorers in the county’s history having played inter-county football for the Wee County from 1991 to 2002.
Kelly, who succeeds Aidan O’Rourke in the job, has previous managerial experience having guided the Louth U-21s to a Leinster final in 2012 and his ex-club the Dreadnots to this year’s County Final, where they went down by 0-12 to 0-10 to St Patrick’s.
He has been handed a two year term, with the option of a third pending a review.
Kelly will be assisted in the role by two other former county stars, Eugene Judge and Ollie McDonnell. It is Judge’s second time as part of the setup, having previously worked with Paddy Clarke and he also brings a wealth of club management experience having won Louth SFC titles with the Newtown Blues.
Meanwhile, Louth were last night paired with Westmeath in the first round of the 2015 Leinster Championship – the same fixture as earlier this year – although this time it is a ‘home game’ for the Wee County.
The winners of that game will face Wexford with Wicklow or Meath awaiting in the semi-finals should the side progress that far.
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