Cathal Daly

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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{{About|the Offaly Gaelic footballer|the prelate, theologian and writer|Cahal Daly}}

Cathal Daly is a Gaelic football coach and former player for Tullamore and the Offaly county team. He is a former Offaly captain.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-10073553.html|title=Players not considering revoltover sacking of Offaly manager|work=Irish Examiner|first=Diarmuid|last=O'Flynn|authorlink=Diarmuid O'Flynn|date=18 September 2003}}

Daly won a Leinster Senior Football Championship title in 1997 and a National Football League title in 1998.{{cite news|url=https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1625008/cathal-daly-and-tullamore-focused-on-doing-what-it-takes-to-win.html|title=Cathal Daly and Tullamore focused on doing what it takes to win|work=Offaly Express|first=Kevin|last=Corrigan|date=10 October 2024}} With his club he won three Offaly Senior Football Championships: 2000, 2002 and 2007.{{cite news|url=https://www.offalyindependent.ie/2025/01/27/silver-jubilee-reunion-of-tullamores-landmark-2000-offaly-sfc-winners/|title=Silver jubilee reunion of Tullamore's landmark 2000 Offaly SFC winners|work=Offaly Independent|date=27 January 2025}}

He played in a defensive position. Offaly was the first to achieve an All Star Award representing every number (1–15) in both codes when Daly received his #4 All Star Award in 1997.{{cite news|url=https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1629260/unforgettable-number-two-for-victorious-boys-in-blue.html|title=Unforgettable number two for victorious boys in blue|work=Offaly Express|first=Gearoid|last=Keegan|date=13 October 2024}} It was also Offaly's first football All Star since 1983.

Daly is a member of the Garda Síochána.{{cite news|url=https://www.balls.ie/gaa/1997-gaa-all-star-football-team-where-are-they-now-529258|title=The 1997 GAA All-Star Football Team: Where Are They Now?|first=PJ|last=Browne|date=24 October 2022}} As of 2006, he was stationed in Castlecomer.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/daly-rules-out-return-for-offaly-this-year/26405626.html|title=Daly rules out return for Offaly this year|work=Irish Independent|first=Colm|last=Keys|date=24 January 2006}} He retired as a player in 2009 and later took up coaching. He was involved with his club in this capacity in 2024, when Tullamore won a first set of consecutive Offaly SFC titles since 1926. He has also worked with the Offaly minor football team.