
- Alan O’Mara is the Founder of Real Talks, and a mental performance coach with a proven track record of delivering outstanding results.
- He specializes in building resilient, connected and confident teams that enjoy the journey to high performance.
- Through high-impact coaching and workshops, Alan has empowered championship winning teams on both sides of the Atlantic.
- He also supports head coaches on a one to one basis to consistently perform at their best and to bring out the best in others.
- Operating at the highest level of sport for most of his life, Alan has been a successful head coach, elite athlete, and worked for Ireland’s largest players’ association, the Gaelic Players Association.
- In 2013 he was the first active athlete in Ireland’s Gaelic Football league to go public about experience depression, and in 2016 he published the best-selling memoir ‘The Best Is Yet To Come’.
- Originally from Ireland, he now lives in Pennsylvania, USA.
Helpful Links
- Alan’s Book – The Best is Yet to Come
- Alan’s work as a head coach
- Alan’s work as a Mental Performance Coach
- Alan’s journey with with depression as an athlete
- Developing mental skills in others

Organisations Alan has collaborated with include…
Aer Lingus, Allied Irish Bank, Athlone IT SU, Barnardos, Blackrock College, Cavan GAA, Cavan County Council, Cornmarket, Cycle Against Suicide, Donegal Sports Partnership, Gaelic Players Association, Gaelic Athletic Association, Gaisce, HSE, Inspire Wellbeing, Jacobs Engineering, Kelly Bradshaw Dalton, Monaghan County Council, Pieta House, PJ Hegarty & Sons, SOSAD Ireland, Terenure College, Zeminar