Ger Connolly

{{Infobox officeholder

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| 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 = {{birth date|1937|4|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bracknagh, County Offaly, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|1|25|1937|4|16|df=y}}

| death_place =

| 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Gerard-C-Connolly.D.1969-07-02/|title=Gerard C. Connolly|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=4 November 2012|archive-date=17 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817100605/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Gerard-C-Connolly.D.1969-07-02/|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2928|title=Ger Connolly|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=4 November 2012|archive-date=22 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922024657/https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2928|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/laois/news/tributes-paid-following-death-of-former-offaly-td-ger-connolly-a-terrific-force-of-nature/a109342351.html|title=Tributes paid following death of former Offaly TD Ger Connolly|work=Laois Independent|date=26 January 2024|access-date=28 January 2024}}

{{cite web|url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/ger-connolly-offaly-bracknagh-544437|title=Death notice of Ger Connolly|work=RIP.ie|date=26 January 2024|access-date=28 January 2024}}