Mickey Ned O'Sullivan steps down as Limerick manager
Limerick football was left reeling this evening when Mickey Ned O'Sullivan informed the Football Board that he was stepping down at senior football manager.
Although O'Sullivan's term in charge had come to an end when the Shannonsiders suffered a defeat at the hands of Cork in an All-Ireland qualifier on July 24 the Football Board had been hopeful of tempting the Kenmare man back for at least one more year.
The popular Kerry man felt however that after five years at the helm of the Shannonsiders he had taken Limerick as far as he could and that now was the time for someone else to try their luck.
Mickey Ned O'Sullivan, who captained Kerry to an All-Ireland title in 1975, was appointed manager of the Limerick senior footballers prior to the 2006 championship.
While Limerick won the National Football League Division Four title this year the efforts of Mickey Ned's men in the championship proved ultimately frustrating.
In five seasons Mickey Ned O'Sullivan guided Limerick into championship action on 16 different occasions. While the Shannonsiders only managed to win seven of those championship encounters Limerick proved extremely difficult to beat and narrowly missed out on winning a first Munster title since 1896 last July only to lose narrowly to Kerry in Killarney. Another undoubted highlight of O'Sullivan's five-year term in charge was Limerick's sensational 4-12 to 4-3 win over Meath in the 2008 All-Ireland qualifiers.
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