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'''Mick Deegan''' (born 1964) is a former manager of the Dublin junior [[Gaelic football]] team and [[Fingal Ravens]].<ref>[http://www.hoganstand.com/dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=93985 Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer for [[Dublin county football team|Dublin]], and a former [[association football|footballer]] for [[Crusaders FC|Crusaders]].

==Playing career==
Mick won his first inter-county medal for Dublin in 1982 when Dublin won the [[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]]. He went on to make his debut for the Dublin senior team in a National Football League game against [[Longford county football team|Longford]] in 1985. In his 1991 all star year, he was on the victorious National football league Dublin team that defeated [[Kildare county football team|Kildare]]. He won his second NFL medal with Dublin in 1993, in a hard-fought final against [[Donegal county football team|Donegal]]. The game was brought to a replay which Dublin eventually won to win their 8th title.

He also won the All-Ireland senior football championship with Dublin in 1995. The game which finished on a scoreline of 1–10 to 0–12, was against [[Tyrone county football team|Tyrone]].

In the [[Dublin Senior Football Championship]], Deegan had a successful club career with Erin's Isle. He appeared in his first Dublin championship in 1982, the same year in which he won an all-Ireland minor medal. [[Ballymun Kickhams]] went on to win the 1982 Dublin championship. He eventually won his first Dublin championship with Erin's Isle in 1993 by beating [[Kilmacud Crokes]] in the final. The next three consecutive finals resulted in losses to Kilmacud Crokes in 1994, [[Ballyboden St Enda's GAA|Ballyboden St Enda's]] in 1995 and St Sylvester's, Malahide in 1996. He won his final championship with Erin's Isle in 1997. After the 1997 win, Erin's Isle went on to win the 1997 [[Leinster Senior Club Football Championship]].

Deegan also had spells playing soccer for Tolka Rovers, and for Northern Irish club [[Crusaders F.C.|Crusaders]], with whom he won the [[NIFL Premiership|Irish Premier League]] title in 1995 and 1997. He played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=John |title=GAA: Deegan in demand |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/gaa-deegan-in-demand/28297437.html |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=28 January 1998}}</ref><ref>{{Worldfootball.net|mick-deegan}}</ref>

He is a garage proprietor by trade.

==Managerial career==
He is the manager of [[Fingal Ravens]] and guided them to their first ever [[Dublin Intermediate Football Championship]] in 2007. This means that Ravens will play in the [[Dublin Senior Football Championship]] in 2008. He won the [[Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship]] title as manager of [[Fingal Ravens]] on 9 December 2007. Deegan also manages the Dublin county junior football team, which won the All Ireland Junior Title in 2008.

He was a selector for the Dublin senior football team under [[Jim Gavin (footballer)|Jim Gavin]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.hoganstand.com/Dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=66198 1992 Article on Mick Deegan]

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