Ronan Connolly
Personal information
Irish name Rónán Ó Conghaile
Sport Hurling
Position Left corner-back
Born 1999
Adare, County Limerick, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
 Adare
Club titles
Limerick titles 0
Colleges(s)
Years College
2018-2022
 University College Cork
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2018-present
 Limerick 0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 4
All-Irelands 4
NHL 3
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:23, 23 July 2023.

Ronan Connolly (born 1999) is an Irish hurler who plays for Limerick Senior Championship club Adare and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.[1] He usually lines out as a left corner-back.

Career

Connolly first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Adare club, while also playing as a schoolboy with Ardscoil Rís. He won a Harty Cup title in 2016, before captaining Ardscoil Rís to a second Harty Cup in 2018.[2][3] Connolly later lined out with University College Cork and was an unused substitute when the Fitzgibbon Cup title was won in 2020.[4][5]

Connolly first appeared on the inter-county scene with Limerick as a member of the minor team in 2017.[6] He later spent one season with the under-20 team.[7] Connolly was called into the senior team in advance of the pre-season 2019 Munster SHL. He was on the 41-man panel that won the National Hurling League title later that season, but was released prior to the start of the championship.[8] Connolly later returned and was part of the Limerick panel that won four successive All-Ireland SHC titles from 2020 to 2023.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 July 2023.
Team Year National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Limerick 2019 Division 1A 00-00——00-00
2020 00-0000-0000-0000-00
2021 20-0000-0000-0020-00
2022 20-0100-0000-0020-01
2023 10-0000-0000-0010-00
Career total 50-0100-0000-0050-01

Honours

Ardscoil Rís
University College Cork
Limerick

References

  1. ↑ O'Connell, Jerome (18 May 2019). "Limerick hurlers have a 'clean slate and are attacking the 2019 championship': Connolly". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ardscoil Rís claim fourth Harty Cup in seven years". Irish Examiner. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Cormican, Eoghan (17 February 2018). "Ardscoil Rís extend Cork's wait for Harty Cup success". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kingston hits 0-7 as UCC book Fitzgibbon quarter-final spot with win over CIT". The 42. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Farrell, Sinéad (12 February 2020). "14-man UCC come from 6 points down to win Fitzgibbon Cup final against IT Carlow". The 42. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Limerick minor hurlers make two changes for tomorrow's Munster semi-final against Clare". The 42. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "O'Regan hits 1-6 as Cork take aim at Clare after proving too strong for Limerick". The 42. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  8. ↑ O'Connell, Jerome (18 May 2019). "Limerick hurlers have a 'clean slate and are attacking the 2019 championship': Connolly". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. ↑ Keogh, John (21 July 2023). "Limerick hurling team confirmed for All-Ireland hurling final with Kilkenny". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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