4 May 2017; Former Limerick player and Offaly manager Eamonn Cregan during the official opening of the GAA Museum "Imreoir to Bainisteoir" exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
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4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Former Tipperary player and manager Michael ‘Babs’ Keating during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Former Kilkenny player and manager Pat Henderson during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail with former Dublin player and manager Tony Hanahoe during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail with former Dublin player and manager Tony Hanahoe during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Former Dublin player and manager Tony Hanahoe during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail with former Limerick player and Offaly manager Eamonn Cregan during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail with former Limerick player and Offaly manager Eamonn Cregan during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Former Limerick player and Offaly manager Eamonn Cregan during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail, with, from left, former Kilkenny player and manager Pat Henderson, former Kilkenny hurler Michael Walsh, son of kilkenny manager Ollie Walsh, former Tipperary player and manager Michael ‘Babs’ Keating and former Dublin player and manager Tony Hanahoe during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail, with, from left, former Kilkenny player and manager Pat Henderson, former Kilkenny hurler Michael Walsh, son of kilkenny manager Ollie Walsh, former Tipperary player and manager Michael ‘Babs’ Keating and former Dublin player and manager Tony Hanahoe during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail, with, from left, former Kilkenny player and manager Pat Henderson, former Kilkenny hurler Michael Walsh, son of kilkenny manager Ollie Walsh, former Tipperary player and manager Michael ‘Babs’ Keating and former Dublin player and manager Tony Hanahoe during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail with former Tipperary player and manager Michael ‘Babs’ Keating, centre, and former Cork player and manager Conor Counihan, left, during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail with former Tipperary player and manager Michael ‘Babs’ Keating, centre, and former Cork player and manager Conor Counihan, left, during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail with former Cork player and manager Conor Counihan during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail with former Cork player and manager Conor Counihan during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail with former Cork player and manager Conor Counihan during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Former Cork player and manager Conor Counihan during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
4 May 2017; Former Limerick player and Offaly manager Eamonn Cregan during the official opening of the GAA Museum “Imreoir to Bainisteoir” exhibition launch at the GAA Museum in Croke Park, Dublin. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
FEW GAA players win All-Ireland medals and even fewer go on to repeat the feat as a team manager. A new exhibition at the GAA Museum celebrates this unique club of players. Imreoir to Bainisteoir features memorabilia, film footage and imagery from the 30 players who have achieved All-Ireland success both on the field and from the sidelines.
There are 13 hurlers, 11 footballers and six camogie players who have claimed All-Ireland medals as a player and manager. The group includes legends such as Mick O’Dwyer, Kevin Heffernan, Brian Cody and Ann Downey. Imreoir to Bainisteoir recognises the amazing achievements of these players and gives fans the opportunity to remember some of the most exciting players and teams in the history of Gaelic Games.
Some players had also achieved All-Ireland success with their clubs including Davy Fitzgerald, John Allen, Donal O’Grady, Jimmy Barry Murphy, Pat Gilroy and Billy Morgan. Morgan of Cork has won football titles at club and county level as both player and manager. His jersey and cap worn in the 1973 All-Ireland final, as well as the match ball are on display.
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Imreoir to Bainisteoir is housed on the ground floor of the GAA Museum in Croke Park and will run until May 2018.