Melvin Gaels has appointed Sligo's Nicola Brennan as the manager of their men's first team
Sligo footballer Nicola Brennan will become the first woman ever to take the reins of a Leitrim men’s first team when the side line out next Sunday
North Leitrim club Melvin Gaels have appointed Sligo ladies footballer Nicola Brennan as the manager of their intermediate men’s team.
The Sligo woman has a decorated football career, winning Connacht medals at inter-county, club, and college level.
In taking the role, Brennan has become the first woman ever to manage a Leitrim adult men's football first-team at club level, and joins a short list of women nationally to take charge of a men’s first-team.
The Tourlestrane woman will see the Gaels through the remainder of their intermediate championship campaign following the departure of their management earlier this week.
The team will face Aughavas next Sunday, with a place in the Intermediate championship quarter-finals highly likely.
A Leitrim club has had a woman manager before, with Maureen McTiernan managing the Glencar-Manorhamilton Junior C team in 1999; she was also the club secretary.