Paul Caffrey
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28 June 1962 Dublin, Ireland |
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Paul Caffrey is a former Dublin Gaelic football Senior manager and a Dublin-based Garda.
Caffrey grew up on Dorset St. on the Northside of Dublin, where his parents ran a greengrocers' shop. He is often called Pillar, 'a nickname bizarrely derived from his penchant for playing with caterpillars and killing them when he was a child.' His football career began in St. Vincent's C.B.S. school in Glasnevin and nearby club Na Fianna. Caffrey represented his county at minor and senior level, and is a brother of John Caffrey, who won a senior All-Ireland medal in 1983.
Caffrey is a member of An Garda Síochána and is stationed at Store St. Garda Station, Dublin.
Caffrey was a co-selector along with Dave Billings and Paddy Canning when Tommy Lyons was manager of the Dublin football team between from 2001 to 2004. During this period, Dublin won one Leinster senior, two Leinster under-21 and one All-Ireland under-21 titles. Previous to his involvement with Dublin, Caffrey was manager of Dublin club side Na Fianna, reaching the All-Ireland Club Final in 2000, where they lost to Crossmaglen Rangers of Armagh.
Caffrey succeeded Tommy Lyons as Dublin manager in November 2004. He worked with David Billings, Paul Clarke and Brian Talty as his management team for a three-year period. In his first year as manager he took Dublin to their 45th Leinster Senior Football Championship title in 2005. He repeated this feat against Offaly in the 2006 Leinster Senior Football Championship final and went on to take Dublin to the All-Ireland semi-final, where Dublin were narrowly beaten by Mayo. Caffrey received a one match ban for shouldering Mayo's John Morrison before the All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo in Croke Park. That meant that he had to watch Dublin's opening 2007 game in the Championship from the stands.
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