{"id":9922,"date":"2022-03-26T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T00:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=9922"},"modified":"2022-03-26T00:53:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T00:53:09","slug":"recently-departed-ballyhale-boss-joins-cork-champions-as-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=9922","title":{"rendered":"Recently departed Ballyhale boss joins Cork champions as coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JAMES O\u2019CONNOR HAS joined the Midleton set-up as coach for the 2022 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Waterford native brought Ballyhale Shamrocks to the All-Ireland club decider where they lost in heartbreaking fashion to Ballygunner in Croke Park. He led them to two Kilkenny titles and a Leinster crown during his two-year spell with the Kilkenny kingpins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div   >\n<div >Advertisement<\/div>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1365092406213-1'>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>O\u2019Connor stepped down as Ballyhale boss following that defeat and will form part of manager Steve Kane\u2019s backroom team with Midleton. The Lismore clubman previously enjoyed success as manager of Carrigtwohill and Fr. O\u2019Neills in the Rebel County.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll effectively replace former Cork captain Ben O\u2019Connor, who departed as coach following Midleton\u2019s Munster semi-final loss to Kilmallock.<\/p>\n<p>The Cork SHC champions have appointed Kane as their new manager, with outgoing boss Ger Fitzgerald retained in a selector role. Fellow selectors Terence McCarthy and Criost\u00f3ir O Cathasaigh complete the backroom team.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='' title=''><\/a><\/p>\n<div   >\n<div >\n        SEE SPORT<br \/>DIFFERENTLY<\/p>\n<p>\n            Get closer to the stories that matter with exclusive analysis, insight and debate in The42 Membership.\n        <\/p>\n<p>            Become a Member<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The42 is on Instagram! Tap the button below on your phone to follow us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMES O\u2019CONNOR HAS joined the Midleton set-up as coach for the 2022 season.\u00a0 The Waterford native brought Ballyhale Shamrocks to the All-Ireland club decider where they lost in heartbreaking fashion to Ballygunner in Croke Park. He led them to two Kilkenny titles and a Leinster crown during his two-year spell with the Kilkenny kingpins.\u00a0 Advertisement&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}