Martin Regan to take charge of Naomh Conaill once again

Martin Regan is set to lead Naomh Conaill's fortunes once more in 2022.

Regan is understood to be making a comeback at his local club having initially stepped aside from the position of manager last November.

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Regan was appointed manager of Naomh Conaill in December 2014 and has guided the club to Donegal SFC crowns in 2015, 2019 and 2020. After his first year in charge, 2015, Regan had indicated he was going to move on, although was joined for the following season on the sidelines by Martin Doherty.

Naomh Conaill, who had only ever won the Dr Maguire beforehand in 2005 and 2010, were also runners-up under Regan in 2017, 2018 and in the 2021 final, where they lost for the first time in 26 matches against St Eunan’s.

The Glenties-based side were Ulster Club SFC finalists in 2019, narrowly losing out to Kilcoo from Down. Naomh Conaill won a third All-County Football League Division 1 crown last year and under Regan were also two-time winners of the Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta na hÉireann, in 2015 and 2016.

Regan, a school teacher at St. Columba's Comprehensive School, succeeded Paddy Campbell ahead of the 2015 season.