Ronan Connolly Explained

Ronan Connolly
Irish:Rónán Ó Conghaile
Birth Date:1999
Birth Place:Adare, County Limerick, Ireland
Sport:Hurling
Code:Hurling
County:Limerick
Province:Munster
Club:Adare
Clcounty:0
Colleges:University College Cork
Fitz:1
Colyears:2018-2022
Counties:Limerick
Icyears:2018-present
Icposition:Left corner-back
Icapps(Points):0 (0-00)
Icprovince:4
Icallireland:4
Nhl:3
Allstars:0
Icupdate: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

TeamYearNational LeagueMunsterAll-IrelandTotal
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Limerick2019Division 1A00-0000-00
202000-0000-0000-0000-00
202120-0000-0000-0020-00
202220-0100-0000-0020-01
202310-0000-0000-0010-00
202410-0000-0000-0010-00
Career total60-0100-0000-0060-01

Honours

Ardscoil Rís

2016, 2018 (c)

University College Cork

2020

Limerick

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

2019, 2020, 2023

Notes and References

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