It's 10 years since Dublin GAA won their first All-Ireland football title under the management of Jim Gavin. We've taken a look at where the starting team and substitutes used in the final against Mayo are in their careers and lives.
1. Stephen Cluxton
Aged 41, Cluxton won his ninth All-Ireland title in 2023. He made a surprise return to the panel this year following a two-year hiatus.
30 July 2023; Dublin GAA history makers: Nine time All-Ireland medal winners, from left, James McCarthy, Stephen Cluxton and Michael Fitzsimons celebrate after the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Dublin and Kerry at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
2. Philly McMahon
The 36-year-old retired from inter-county football two years ago as a eight-time All-Ireland winner and a two-time All-Star.
He runs Be.Do7 Fitness clubs, co-owns ready meal brand NutriQuick and recently opened Wobble Cafe in Finglas. McMahon was also an analyst and co-commentator for BBC Northern Ireland on their coverage of this year's Ulster Football Championship and the All-Ireland series.
3. Rory O'Carroll
A three-time All-Ireland winner with Dublin whose last medal was claimed in 2015. He won the second All-Ireland senior club title of his career earlier this year when Kilmacud Crokes defeated Glen in the final.
O'Carroll is a social worker with the National Forensic Mental Health Service.
22 January 2023; Conor Glass of Watty Graham's Glen in action against Rory O'Carroll of Kilmacud Crokes during the AIB GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Final match between Watty Graham's Glen of Derry and Kilmacud Crokes of Dublin at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
4. Jonny Cooper
The Na Fianna man retired late last year as a seven-time All-Ireland winner.
Cooper recently became director of leadership and talent development for Steering Point having previously worked for KPMG and DCU.
5. James McCarthy
The Ballymun man captained Dublin to this year's All-Ireland final victory over Kerry. Now a nine-time All-Ireland winner. Following the All-Ireland final, he was uncertain about his future as a Dublin footballer.
McCarthy works in finance with EBS.
6. Ger Brennan
The St Vincent's man retired in 2015 after a nine-year career with Dublin in which he won two All-Irelands.
He has been involved with club and inter-county management teams since his retirement. At club level, he has managed Wicklow side Bray Emmets and Moorefield in Kildare. Brennan was part of Niall Carew's backroom team with the Carlow footballers in 2020 and 2021.
1 November 2020; Carlow manager Niall Carew, right, and coach Ger Brennan during the Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship Round 1 match between Offaly and Carlow at Bord na Mona O'Connor Park in Tullamore, Offaly. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile
It was reported last year that he interviewed for the role of Monaghan manager, a job which eventually went to Vinny Corey.
He works as a Gaelic game development executive for UCD.
7. Jack McCaffrey
After three years away from the inter-county game, it was announced last year that the 2015 Footballer of the Year would be returning to the Dublin panel.
This year, the Clontarf man won his sixth All-Ireland title, coming on as a second half substitute in the decider against Kerry.
The 29-year-old is a doctor.
8. Michael Darragh MacAuley
1 October 2022; Michael Darragh Macauley of Ballyboden St Enda's in action against Aaron Byrne of Na Fianna during the Dublin County Senior Club Football Championship Semi-Final match between Ballyboden St Endas and Na Fianna at Parnell Park in Dublin. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile
MacAuley retired after the 2020 season as an eight-time All-Ireland winner.
He works as a community sport and wellbeing coordinator in Dublin's northeast inner city.
9. Cian O'Sullivan
Another eight-time All-Ireland winner. The Kilmacud Crokes man retired from inter-county football during the 2021 season citing recurring injuries as the reason. Those injuries also ended his club career.
The three-time All-Star works as a tax director for BDO Ireland.
10. Paul Flynn
Flynn retired during the 2019 season saying that since he had back surgery the previous year he "struggled to reach the fitness required for inter-county and to reach the standards that I set for myself".
4 March 2023; The RTÉ Sport panel, including analysts Paul Flynn, Peter Canavan, Cora Staunton and presenter Damian Lawlor during the Allianz Football League Division 2 match between Derry and Dublin at Celtic Park in Derry. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
The Fingallians man, a six-time All-Ireland winner and four-time All-Star, was CEO of the GPA at the time of his retirement. He left that role in 2021 and is now the CEO of Mobile Medical Diagnostics.
Flynn has also worked as an analyst with RTÉ and the Second Captains podcast.
11. Ciarán Kilkenny
July's All-Ireland final victory was the eighth of Kilkenny's career. Though his place in the Dublin team this season was far more uncertain than in previous years, he started the final against Kerry.
The Castleknock man is a primary school teacher and also the founder of Beo Le Yoga whose vision is to "introduce wellbeing and connection practices to communities and sports clubs across Ireland!"
12. Diarmuid Connolly
The six-time All-Ireland winner retired in 2018, was coached out of retirement in 2019, and then finally hung up his boots in 2020.
"The time and effort that you put into it, I don’t think I had the fire anymore either," Connolly told the Irish Independent earlier this year about his decision to retire.
"I think that kind of died out a little bit and when that happens, in my opinion, if that happens to a player, you kind of have to take a step back. When I came back in ’19, I wasn’t the same player I was in ’17 or ’16 or the years previous.
"I was the one driving the standards. I was the one doing the extra stuff. I was the one getting up early in the morning, but I wasn’t doing that. And it’s not a mindset thing, it’s something that changed, do you know that sort of way? I saw the bigger picture and, yeah, I’d enough of it at that stage."
He still plays football and hurling with St Vincents.
Brilliant delivery from Diarmuid Connolly 👌
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— Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) July 25, 2023
13. Paul Mannion
A little over two-and-a-half years after he stepped away from the panel, it was announced last year that Mannion, along with Jack McCaffrey, would be returning to the Dublin setup.
He was a key figure for Dublin this season, scoring five points and being named Man of the Match in the All-Ireland final. The victory over Kerry earned Mannion his seventh All-Ireland medal.
Paul Mannion puts Dublin in front in the All-Ireland Final with a good point off his left. pic.twitter.com/EBG7wgGPlf
— The GAA (@officialgaa) July 30, 2023
"I was happy enough to have had my time, and the main thing for me was that Dublin were in a good place," he told GAA.ie after this year's final about his decision to return.
"When I stepped away we were, and as I said if we continued that success I don’t think I would have come back.
"But it was just difficult to watch on really over the last couple of years. Last year I was away in Boston and I met a couple of lads who’d been asking me to come back and I just still wasn’t in the headspace or the right frame of mind to be going back in, and then seeing them lose to Kerry was tough.
"The year before I was down in Killarney watching that Mayo game in a pub in Killarney and there was Mayo fans everywhere, and that was hectic.
"So, again, yeah, after a couple of tough defeats like that I decided that I couldn’t keep watching on in good conscience really, so I just said I’d come back and just try and help in any way I can, big or small."
He is a commercial account executive for CastorDoc.
14. Paddy Andrews
Andrews retired after the 2020 season as a seven-time All-Ireland winner.
He is a regular on Off The Ball's Football Podcast and was also an analyst for GAAGO on its coverage of the football championship.
He works as a private client manager for the financial planning company Metis Ireland.
1 July 2023; GAAGO presenter Gráinne McElwain with analysts, from left, Marc Ó Sé, Paddy Andrews and Michael Murphy before the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship quarter-final match between Kerry and Tyrone at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
15. Bernard Brogan
Brogan retired after the 2019 season as a seven-time All-Ireland winner and four-time All-Star. He was also Footballer of the Year in 2010.
He is a director of Legacy Communications and co-founder of "team experience platform" PepTalk.
Substitutes
25. Eoghan O'Gara
O'Gara retired from inter-county football after the 2019 season as a seven-time All-Ireland winner.
Last year he transferred from home club Templeogue Synge Street to Wicklow side Shelmaliers.
He works as a store manager for Centra.
"Eoghan O'Gara made his championship debut for the Shelmaliers on Saturday and made an immediate impact pic.twitter.com/0LUuvTVUQ4
— Wexford GAA (@OfficialWexGAA) September 7, 2022
20. Darren Daly
Daly retired from the inter-county game in September 2020 after 12 years as part of the Dublin panel, saying he had tried to "push the body one more time but unfortunately it's not to be".
He subsequently joined Dessie Farrell's Dublin backroom team and has been a selector over the past four seasons.
The Fingal Ravens man is a health, safety, quality and environment (HSQE) specialist for Aramark Northern Europe.
30 July 2023; Dublin selector Darren Daly during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Dublin and Kerry at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
26. Dean Rock
July's All-Ireland final victory was the eighth of Rock's career.
"Ultimately, that probably could be my last act playing for Dublin, so it’s certainly a nice way to go out," he told the Irish Independent after this year's final.
He is the national sales manager for Procure.ie, "Ireland's largest business utility consultants".
6 September 2023; Dublin footballer Dean Rock, right, and Limerick hurler Cian Lynch on the 17th green during the Pro-Am event in advance of the Horizon Irish Open Golf Championship at The K Club in Straffan, Kildare. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile
22. Kevin McManamon
The St Jude's man retired in the winter of 2021, after 12 seasons with Dublin, as an eight-time Sam Maguire winner.
He works as a sports psychology lecturer at SETU Waterford and also runs KevMc Performance.
At the Tokyo Olympic Games, McManamon worked as a performance coach with the Irish boxing team as Kellie Harrington won gold and Aidan Walsh bronze.
3 August 2021; Ireland's sports performance coach Kevin McManamon at the Kokugikan Arena during the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Ahead of the Rugby World Cup, Irish assistant referee Chris Busby explained how McManamon has helped him and his colleagues.
"He’s been a breath of fresh air; he helps with that sort of performance mindset," Busby told the Irish Times.
"How we deal with things both on and off the pitch, whether that’s review, decision-making, trying to move on to the next decision. I think he’s been excellent for us as a group over the last six months."
17. Denis Bastick
The midfielder retired from inter-county football in the winter of 2017 as a five-time All-Ireland winner. He managed Dublin to the semi-finals of this year's All-Ireland Masters Football Championship, where they lost to eventual champions Tyrone.
Bastick is head of business development for EBS.
18 January 2020; Former Dublin GAA football team manager Jim Gavin with Br. Kevin Crowley, right, and Br. Sean Donohoe of the Capuchin Day Centre at the Conferring of the Honorary Freedom of Dublin City on Jim Gavin ceremony in the Round Room at the Mansion House, in Dawson St, Dublin. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile
Manager: Jim Gavin
Gavin was in his maiden season as Dublin senior manager when they defeated Mayo to claim the 2013 title. It was the first of what would be six All-Ireland titles for the capital with him in charge. He stepped down as manager following the 2019 season with current boss Dessie Farrell taking over.
Earlier this year, Gavin was named as the new chairperson of the Dublin north-east inner city taskforce.
He is the chief operations officer of the Irish Aviation Authority.
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