Shamrock Rovers In 1963, Tuohy returned to
Shamrock Rovers as a player-coach and helped the club win a
League of Ireland/
FAI Cup double. In 1964, he was appointed Rovers player-manager and he subsequently guided a team that included, among others,
Bobby Gilbert,
Johnny Fullam,
Pat Dunne,
Frank O'Neill,
Mick Leech and
Paddy Mulligan to a consecutive run of
FAI Cup wins between 1964 and 1969. Tuohy also added to his tally of goals in European competition. In 1963, during a
Fairs Cup game against
Valencia, he scored in a 2–2 draw. He scored again in 1965, in another
Fairs Cup game against
Real Zaragoza, which finished 1–1. However the highlight of his European exploits came in 1966, when Rovers came close to knocking the eventual winners
Bayern Munich out of the
European Cup Winners Cup. After holding Bayern to a 1–1 draw at
Dalymount Park, goals from
Bobby Gilbert and Tuohy saw Rovers came back from 2–0 down during the away game. Rovers were winning the tie on away goals when a late goal from
Gerd Müller saw Bayern win 3–2 on the night and progress to the next round. In total he made 16 appearances scoring 4 goals for Rovers in European competition. In June 1972, he returned to Rovers for a second spell as manager, but resigned on 20 December 1973.
Dundalk In 1969, Tuohy was appointed manager of
Dundalk, after moving there with his job at
HB Ice Cream, and on 16 September they lost 10–0 to
Liverpool in the
Fairs Cup. During this time at
Oriel Park, he was also a club director. Tuohy remained in charge of Dundalk until 1972, guiding them to victory in the
Leinster Senior Cup in 1971, and the
League of Ireland Shield in 1972.
Republic of Ireland In 1971, Tuohy was appointed manager of the
Republic of Ireland. His first game in charge was on 10 October 1971, a 6–0 defeat away to
Austria. The game, a
European Championship qualifier, had been arranged for a Sunday, the day after a full league program in England. Forced to field a team of mainly
League of Ireland players, Tuohy resolved that this would not happen again. He demanded that all future fixtures be played on a Wednesday and over the following months he travelled to England and began discussions with various team managers to secure the release of his star players for future internationals. On 4 January 1972, in Tuohy's second game in charge Ireland beat the visiting
West German Olympic XI 3–0. In June 1972, Tuohy took an Ireland squad to Brazil to compete in the
Brazilian Independence Cup. While there they played four games, earning respectable wins over
Iran and
Ecuador. Tuohy was also in charge of Ireland during the
qualifiers for the
1974 FIFA World Cup. Denied the services of
Johnny Giles and
Paddy Mulligan through injury and
Don Givens who was not released by
Queens Park Rangers, Ireland were beaten 2–1 by the
Soviet Union on 18 October 1972. However a month later on 15 November, Giles returned and inspired Ireland to a 2–1 win over
France. On 13 May 1973, a 1–0 defeat to the Soviets effectively ended Ireland's chances of qualifying for the World Cup. On 19 May 1973 in the return game against France, Tuohy took charge of Ireland for the last time. After just eleven games in charge, Tuohy resigned. At the same time as managing Ireland, Tuohy was also managing
Shamrock Rovers and was working as an area sales manager for
HB Ice Cream. He was now the father of six children and financial pressures forced him to give up the Ireland job which only paid £500 a year. ==Statistics==