Kildare ladies close to appointing new manager after tumultuous 2017

The Kildare senior ladies footballers could have a new manager in place by the end of next week after it was revealed that Galway native Daniel Moynihan has been chosen as the desired candidate for the job by the Kildare LGFA interview committee.

The county board have held interviews with interested candidates of late, and the former All-Ireland Minor A Championship winning manager has been chosen as the strongest potential candidate. The Ballinasloe clubman managed the Galway minors to two All-Ireland titles and four Connacht titles during his five years in the role, and he is said to have followed the progress of the Lilies in the last number of years.

Moynihan - if he takes the job - will be coming in at a time of relative uncertainty for the Kildare ladies after they were relegated from Division 2 of the National Football League and from the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship following a winless 2017 in which they lost a whole host of their key players following the 2016 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship success.

According to a spokesperson from Kildare LGFA, Moynihan “hopes to bring a fast aggressive style of football to Kildare Intermediate team and sees it as a rebuilding process after relegation last year.

"The process will take time and patience but the talent is most definitely out there to bring together players from every corner of the county and assemble a strong squad of players to tackle the Intermediate division. The aim is to bring success back to Kildare Ladies and move up the ranks in the league and championship over the next two years.”

Nicolas MacDonnacha and Ronan Cogavin will be part of his management team.

Moynihan is to meet with the Kildare LGFA Executive next week and then arrange open sessions for all interested in representing their county to come along and start the journey to future success.