The Cavan County Board are delighted to propose Dermot McCabe as manager of the Cavan Senior Football Team for a three-year term following this evenings Cavan GAA county management meeting.
Full ratification for this appointment will be sought at the next Cavan GAA county board meeting.
The Gowna clubman enjoyed a successful playing career with Cavan from 1995 to 2009. Dermot emerged on the Cavan team that lost the 1995 Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) final to Tyrone and helped Cavan reach the 1996 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship final.
In 1997, Dermot played on the Cavan team that won the Ulster SFC. He won an All Star that year becoming Cavan’s 2nd winner of that accolade. Dermot played for Ireland against Australia in the International Rules Series on 2 occasions in 1998 and 2001.
At club level Dermot won 6 Cavan Senior Football Championships in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 with Gowna.
Dermot has been part of many successful management teams at club and county level.
In 2011, he was an integral part of the Cavan minor team management when they won the Ulster Championship.
In 2020 Dermot was also part of the management team that won the Ulster Senior Football championship having reached the final in 2019.
As club level, with his home club Gowna had won 2 Cavan SFC championships with Dermot again been an integral part of management team.
Dermot’s backroom team will be finalised in due course.
We wish Dermot, his team and the panel the very best and look forward to the 2026 season and in the years ahead.
By Peadar Mon 11th Aug
