Anthony Cunningham (born 16 June 1965) is a former hurler who has since managed various Gaelic football and hurling teams.

Cunningham made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team.

A successful tenure, culminating in the winning of the All-Ireland title, led to Cunningham being appointed manager of the Galway senior team on 27 October 2011.

[2][3][4][5] Cunningham first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Galway minor hurling team as a sixteen-year-old in 1981.

Cunningham made his senior debut for Galway in a National Hurling League game against Tipperary in 1984 and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen.

In spite of an indifferent league campaign during the 1984–85 season, Galway subsequently qualified for the All-Ireland final against Offaly.

Four Cork goals, one from John Fenton, two from Tomás Mulcahy and one from Kevin Hennessy, stymied the Galway attack and helped 'the Rebels' to a 4–13 to 2–15 victory.

[citation needed] Cunningham enjoyed his first senior success with Galway in 1987 when he won a National League winners' medal following a two-point defeat of Clare.

Noel Lane again scored the crucial goal for Galway while Nicky English sent a late Tipp penalty over the bar for a point.

[citation needed] A third successive All-Ireland title proved beyond Galway, however, the team bounced back and reached the championship decider again in 1990.

Tomás Mulcahy, however, played a captain's role and scored a crucial goal that revitalised the Cork attack.

Connacht made it two-in-a-row in 1987, with Cunningham collecting a second Railway Cup medal following a 2–14 to 1–14 defeat of Leinster.

[14] Following his successful stint with St Brigid's, Cunningham was appointed manager of the Garrycastle senior football team in early 2009.

A 1–9 to 0–9 defeat of Mullingar Shamrocks after a draw and a replay gave Garrycastle an historic third championship title in succession.

[24] In third season Cunningham guided Galway to a second successive All-Ireland final, this time with Dublin providing the opposition.

[26][27] In November 2011 Cunningham dropped one third of the team which featured against Waterford in the 2011 All-Ireland SHC quarter-final defeat from his 37-man training squad for the 2012 season.

He maintained Galway's top flight status in Division 1A of the Allianz Hurling League with wins over Kilkenny and Waterford and a draw against Cork.

[35] Both Tony Óg Regan and Niall Donoghue, both of whom gained an All Star nomination for their performances the previous year, were not selected for the game against Dublin.

However, on 3 November 2013 it was confirmed that Cunningham would continue as manager and bring on-board new members of his backroom team; former Galway hurler and All-Star, Eugene Cloonon, along with GMIT GAA officer Damien Curley.

[37] Cunningham's three-year term ended when Galway were knocked out of the All-Ireland qualifiers by Tipperary on 5 July 2014 and he had to apply and be nominated when the position was thrown open again.

[38] [39] On 16 August 2015 Galway reached the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final after defeating Tipperary in the semi-final.

[41] In early October 2015, reports emerged that the Galway players had put forward a vote of no confidence in him with Cunningham stating that he was keen to remain in charge.

[46][47] On 9 November 2018, Cunningham was appointed manager of the Roscommon county football team on a two-year deal with an option of a third year.

[48] In June 2019, Cunningham created history by leading Roscommon to victory over Galway in the Connacht Senior Football Championship final.