Dermot McCabe

Dermot McCabe (born 17 May 1976) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player, for Gowna and the Cavan county team. He has been manager of the Westmeath county team since 2024.

Dermot McCabe

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield
Born	(1976-05-17) 17 May 1976 (age 49)[1] County Cavan, Ireland
Height	6 ft 2[1] in (1.88 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Gowna
Club titles
Cavan titles	6
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1995–2009	Cavan	70 (7–133)
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	1
All Stars	1

Summary

McCabe emerged on the Cavan team that lost the 1995 Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) final to Tyrone. He helped Cavan reach the 1996 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship final, but lost to Kerry. In 1997, McCabe played on the Cavan team that won the Ulster SFC, beating Derry at St Tiernach's Park. He won an All Star that year. McCabe played for Ireland against Australia in the revived 1998 International Rules Series, scoring 14 points. He was selected again for Ireland when they won the 2001 International Rules Series.^[2][3]

In 2011, he was part of the Cavan minor team management when they won the Ulster Minor Football Championship.^[4] In October 2024, he began managing Westmeath.^[5]

Honours

Cavan

• Ulster Senior Football Championship (1): 1997
• Ulster Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1996

Gowna

• Cavan Senior Football Championship (6): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002

Individual

• All Star Award (1): 1997