He reached the rank of Captain and was based in Renmore Barracks Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa in Galway.
When he was appointed to the Mayo job, he commuted from Cyprus for the first couple of games as he was serving with the United Nations.
[1] After being brought to Dublin's Mater Hospital, a story in a newspaper led to bother as he had flown back from Cyprus where he was on peacekeeping duty with the Irish Army.
After finishing as Clare manager, Maughan went to Cyprus for United Nations peacekeeping duty in Nicosia.
[1] He was appointed manager of the Mayo county team while still based in Cyprus and commuted for several games at the start of his spell in charge.
[1] He led his native county to the successive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final defeats in 1996, 1997.
He returned for a second spell in charge and led his native county to a further All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final defeat in 2004.
[1] As of 2021, he was working as a Procurement Officer at Mayo County Council,[1] while, as of 2019, Maughan is a member of the board of Sport Ireland.
[citation needed] Though fully-vaccinated, Maughan isolated at his home in Enniscrone after contracting COVID-19 in 2021 (his sense of taste and smell he said were "completely gone").