Mick Dempsey (Gaelic footballer)


Michael "Mick" Dempsey is a former Gaelic football player and manager from County Laois in Ireland.

Playing career

Dempsey captained his club St Josephs to the Laois Senior Football Championship title in 1983. He stayedwith Laois for many years and was part of the team that won the National Football League title in 1986.

Managerial career

As a manager Dempsey managed Laois to the Leinster U21 Football Championship title in 1994 and managed the Laois senior team in 1997 and 1998.
With the Carlow club O’Hanrahans coach, Dempsey led the Blues to three championships and a Leinster title in his four-year tenure.
He also managed the Muckalee and St Martins clubs in Kilkenny before joining manager Brian Cody as part of the leadership team for the Kilkenny senior hurlers in 2003.
Dempsey stepped down as part of the Kilkenny hurling backroom team in October 2019.