| Office: | Minister of State |
| Suboffice: | Environment |
| Subterm: | 1987–1992 |
| Suboffice1: | Environment |
| Subterm1: | Mar.–Dec. 1982 |
| Suboffice2: | Environment |
| Subterm2: | 1979–1981 |
| Office3: | Teachta Dála |
| Term Start3: | June 1969 |
| Term End3: | June 1997 |
| Constituency3: | Laois-Offaly |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Bracknagh, County Offaly, Ireland |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Party: | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse: | Marie Connolly |
| Children: | 4 |
Gerard C. Connolly (16 April 1937 – 25 January 2024) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1] A farmer and auctioneer, Connolly was first elected to the 19th Dáil as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency on his first attempt at the 1969 general election and was re-elected until retiring at the 1997 general election.[2]
When Charles Haughey became Taoiseach in 1979, Connolly was appointed Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and was re-appointed to the same position during the Haughey Governments of 1982, 1987 to 1989, and 1989 to 1992.
Connolly was not appointed a Minister of State under the succeeding Albert Reynolds government and retired in 1997.
He died on 25 January 2024, at the age of 86.[3] [4]