Andy Moran

Andy Moran (born 2 November 1983) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player for Ballaghaderreen and the Mayo county team. A former manager of Leitrim, as of 2024, Moran was working as part of Gabriel Bannigan's backroom team with Monaghan.

Andy Moran

Personal information
Irish name	Aindriú Ó Móráin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Forward
Born	(1983-11-02) 2 November 1983 (age 41) Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon, Ireland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Occupation	Co–Owner of The Movement Castlebar
Club(s)
Years	Club
2001–2022	Ballaghaderreen
Club titles
Mayo titles	2
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	IT Sligo UUJ
College titles
Sigerson titles	3
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2004–2019	Mayo	85 (11–102)
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	8
NFL	2
All Stars	2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:52: 5 May 2019.

Club management
Years Club 2021 Ballaghaderreen
Inter-county management
Years Team 2021–2022 Leitrim

Moran made his 150th league and championship appearance for Mayo in June 2017, his 13th season.^[1]

Playing career

Although Ballaghaderreen town was transferred from County Mayo to County Roscommon under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, the GAA club competes in Mayo and many of its players declare for that county. As in this case, Moran chose to play for Mayo, this decision has been received negatively from Roscommon GAA supporters. Although, Roscommon GAA condemned fans who booed Moran in a 2017 All-Ireland SFC quarter-final game against Mayo.^[2]

In 2011, Moran (named at full-forward on the team selection) won his first All Star award.^[3][4]

In 2012, Moran, a former vice-captain, was named captain of the Mayo senior team.^[5] He then injured himself in the 53rd minute of the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final defeat of Down, having to be stretchered off the field of play and left lying on a medical trolley in the tunnel of Croke Park with ice strapped to his knee.^[6][7] As a result, he missed the rest of the season, including the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final against Donegal, after undergoing surgery on his torn cruciate knee ligament.^[8][9] he returned against Galway in the 2013 Connacht SFC quarter-final and scored as Mayo won by 4-16 to 1-11 points. He was the highest scoring Mayo forward in the 2013 All-Ireland SFC. Moran was starting against Dublin in the 2016 All-Ireland SFC final, but his team was defeated by a single point. The following year, Mayo also lost to Dublin in the 2017 All-Ireland SFC final, again by a single point.

Throughout his playing days, Moran was an All-Ireland SFC runner-up on six occasions. In 2017, he was awarded his second All Star Award, and also a Footballer of the Year for the first and only time.^[10]

He played his last game for Ballaghaderreen at the age of 38 on 1 October 2022, scoring a hat-trick of goals and points (3–3) in a 6–8 to 2–8 win against Davitts.^[11]

Managerial career

Moran helped Mayo under-20 team in a coaching capacity in 2020 before taking over his native Ballaghaderreen along with Mike Solan ahead of the 2021 season.^[12] In October 2021, it was announced that Andy Moran would be the Leitrim senior football manager, taking over from Terry Hyland who stepped down following the 2021 Connacht SFC semi-final vs Mayo. Moran's first win with Leitrim was vs Tipperary in Round 2 of the 2022 National Football League.

Moran joined Gabriel Bannigan's backroom team when Bannigan was appointed as Monaghan senior manager in 2024.^[13]

Media career

Moran has done broadcasting duties for eir Sport.^[14]

Personal life

Moran is a supporter of the association football team Tottenham.^[15]

Honours

• Connacht Senior Football Championship (8): 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
• National Football League (1): 2019
• Sigerson Cup (3): 2004–2005, 2008
• Connacht Under-21 Football Championship (2): 2003–2004
• Connacht Minor Football Championship (2): 2000–2001
• Mayo Senior Football Championship (2): 2008, 2012
• All Star (2): 2011, 2017
• GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year (1): 2017
• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Runner-Up (6): 2004, 2006, 2012–2013, 2016–2017