The Galway native had stepped away from his position as Galway United assistant manager at the start of August for health reasons.<\/p>\n
Horgan arrived at Galway United as John Caulfield\u2019s number two before the 2023 League of Ireland season, helping to guide the Tribesmen to a First Division title win and promotion to the Premier Division.<\/p>\n
Prior to his spell at Eamonn Deacy Park, Horgan managed Finn Harps for 354 games from 2013 until 2022, leading the club to two successful promotion campaigns from the First Division.<\/p>\n
Harps spent six seasons in the top-flight under his stewardship and reached an FAI Cup semi-final in his first season.<\/p>\n
Away from football, Horgan was a maths teacher at St Eunan\u2019s College in Letterkenny, a role he maintained despite his various coaching roles across the country.<\/p>\n
Horgan was also involved as a coach at Donegal side Fanad United prior to joining Finn Harps, winning Ulster Senior League titles in 2006, 2007, and 2011.<\/p>\n
Away from the professional game, Horgan also managed the FAI Schoolboys and various school teams at St Eunan\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Horgan was known as one of the league\u2019s standout characters and was renowned for his tireless work ethic and dedication to the sport, often travelling hundreds of kilometres to scout opposing sides prior to facing them.<\/p>\n
One of those opposing teams, Dundalk FC paid tribute to Horgan, who they said was a \u201ctrue pillar\u201d of the League of Ireland football community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. His contributions and achievements have left a lasting legacy, and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will have a book of condolences at Oriel Park tomorrow night in our club shop, for those who wish to pay their respects,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n
Sligo Rovers, who are local rivals to both Finn Harps and Galway United, also paid tribute to Horgan, “whose passion, dedication, and commitment to football left a lasting impact. His knowledge and determination brought out the best in his teams.<\/p>\n
“Above all, Ollie will be remembered as a man of integrity who gave his all to Irish football,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n
Many Irish footballing figures and fans have also taken to social media to pay tribute to a manager who was involved in several historic nights across the country.<\/p>\n
Irish sports commentator Con Murphy paid tribute to a manager with whom he had many interactions throughout the years.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the few managers who offered to make me tea 20 mins before kick off! (He was suspended at the time in fairness!) RIP Ollie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other League of Ireland clubs, with whom Horgan enjoyed many memorable nights over the years, have also paid tribute to the iconic manager.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch sad news. Gave us Harps fans some great nights. Legend,\u201d one fan commented.<\/p>\n
Another tribute said the League of Ireland community has been \u201crocked\u201d by the news, saying: \u201cRemembered as a real character on the sidelines and in the media, it shouldn\u2019t be forgotten that Ollie helped nurture young Irish talent during his time as the Ireland schoolboys\u2019 manager, while he went on to perform heroics at Finn Harps.<\/p>\n
\u201c57 is no age to go, but Horgan leaves behind many wonderful memories and a true legacy as a LOI cult hero,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n
Funeral details for Ollie Horgan are yet to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Galway native had stepped away from his position as Galway United assistant manager at the start of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,23189,23188,6,19,17,21321,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-28972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-finn-harps","14":"tag-galway-united-fc","15":"tag-headlines","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-joseph-murray","19":"tag-latest-news","20":"tag-latestnews","21":"tag-main-news","22":"tag-mainnews","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-top-stories","25":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}