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Sport | Gaelic football | ||||
Born | 7 February 1931 | ||||
Died | 25 June 2014 North West Hospice, The Mall, Rathquarter, Sligo | (aged 83)||||
Nickname | "Cyrilly", "Dosser" | ||||
Occupation | Priest, schoolteacher | ||||
Club management | |||||
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Cyril Haran (7 February 1931 – 25 June 2014) was a Gaelic footballer and manager, priest, scholar [1] and schoolteacher. He managed the Sligo county team.
Cyril Haran was born in February 1931. [2] He had three sisters: Grace Liddy (who predeceased him), Margo (based in Sligo at her brother's death) and Sr Vickey Haran ( California. He played Gaelic football for Grange as a youth during the 1940s and would go on to become club president. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Fr. Haran spent 58 years as a priest.
[2] having been
ordained in
1956. His first appointment was as
curate in
Roscommon and
Sooey.
[1] He spent most of his priestly life as a teacher, first teaching English at
Summerhill College in
Sligo (where he was known as "Cyrilly" or "Dosser"),
[5] as well as training the school's soccer and Gaelic football teams.
[2]
[1] He also taught at
St Muredach's College in
Ballina, County Mayo, and spent time teaching at the
University of San Diego in 1968.
[1]
In 1988, he was posted to Grange as CC and became parish priest of Ahamlish and Inishmurray in 1997. His retirement came in 2003. [2] He received a celebration Mass and presentation. [6] He spent it at Streedagh until he died from a short illness at the North West Hospice in June 2014 at the age of 83. [3] [1] [7] His funeral was held at Church of Mary Immaculate, Grange, and he was buried afterwards in Sligo Cemetery. [1]
He managed
St Mary's to their first
Sligo Senior Football Championship title; in 1977, they were the first Sligo club to win a
Connacht Senior Club Football Championship title. In 1978, he managed St Mary's to a Sligo Football Championship semi-final against Grange, won by Grange in a replay.
[2]
He managed the Sligo county team between 1983 and 1985. [2] Other teams he managed were Roscommon Gaels and St Michael's. He was noted for telling his teams: "Lads, winning isn't everything", then to pause and follow through with "It's the only thing". [2] His enjoyments included literature and fishing. [1]
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Personal information | |||||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||||
Born | 7 February 1931 | ||||
Died | 25 June 2014 North West Hospice, The Mall, Rathquarter, Sligo | (aged 83)||||
Nickname | "Cyrilly", "Dosser" | ||||
Occupation | Priest, schoolteacher | ||||
Club management | |||||
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Inter-county management | |||||
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Cyril Haran (7 February 1931 – 25 June 2014) was a Gaelic footballer and manager, priest, scholar [1] and schoolteacher. He managed the Sligo county team.
Cyril Haran was born in February 1931. [2] He had three sisters: Grace Liddy (who predeceased him), Margo (based in Sligo at her brother's death) and Sr Vickey Haran ( California. He played Gaelic football for Grange as a youth during the 1940s and would go on to become club president. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Fr. Haran spent 58 years as a priest.
[2] having been
ordained in
1956. His first appointment was as
curate in
Roscommon and
Sooey.
[1] He spent most of his priestly life as a teacher, first teaching English at
Summerhill College in
Sligo (where he was known as "Cyrilly" or "Dosser"),
[5] as well as training the school's soccer and Gaelic football teams.
[2]
[1] He also taught at
St Muredach's College in
Ballina, County Mayo, and spent time teaching at the
University of San Diego in 1968.
[1]
In 1988, he was posted to Grange as CC and became parish priest of Ahamlish and Inishmurray in 1997. His retirement came in 2003. [2] He received a celebration Mass and presentation. [6] He spent it at Streedagh until he died from a short illness at the North West Hospice in June 2014 at the age of 83. [3] [1] [7] His funeral was held at Church of Mary Immaculate, Grange, and he was buried afterwards in Sligo Cemetery. [1]
He managed
St Mary's to their first
Sligo Senior Football Championship title; in 1977, they were the first Sligo club to win a
Connacht Senior Club Football Championship title. In 1978, he managed St Mary's to a Sligo Football Championship semi-final against Grange, won by Grange in a replay.
[2]
He managed the Sligo county team between 1983 and 1985. [2] Other teams he managed were Roscommon Gaels and St Michael's. He was noted for telling his teams: "Lads, winning isn't everything", then to pause and follow through with "It's the only thing". [2] His enjoyments included literature and fishing. [1]