Colm O'Rourke (born 31 August 1957) is a Gaelic football manager, former player, retired secondary school principal, sports broadcaster and columnist.
O'Rourke's league and championship career at senior level with the Meath county team spanned twenty years from 1975 to 1995.
O'Rourke first appeared for the Skryne club at underage levels, before winning two county senior championship medals in 1992 and 1993.
His media career began with RTÉ where he has worked as a studio analyst with the flagship programme The Sunday Game for over twenty-five years.
In May 2020, O'Rourke was included in the Irish Independent's "Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years", where he was regarded as inferior to such players as Donegal's Michael Murphy and Tyrone's Seán Cavanagh.
[6] O'Rourke has managed Simonstown Gaels GFC in Navan, guiding them to two Meath Senior Football Finals in 2003 and 2004, only for the team to lose on both occasions.
He ruled himself out of contention to replace Andy McEntee as county team manager in 2022, stating: "My beautiful wife Patricia has a very negative view toward managing the county team and with good reason when you see the upshot of Andy McEntee going and the social media abuse that has taken place.
[10] O'Rourke led Meath to win the 2023 Tailteann Cup, the second-tier Gaelic football competition, after defeating Down on a scoreline of 2–13 to 0–14.
He also trained the school's Gaelic football team, managing them to numerous successes at provincial and national levels.
[12] In October 2022, O'Rourke announced that he would be retiring as principal to focus on his role as manager of the Meath senior inter-county men's team.