Ronan Connolly
{{short description|Irish hurler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=September 2021}}
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|irish = Rónán Ó Conghaile
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|birth_date = 1999
|birth_place = Adare, County Limerick, Ireland
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|sport = Hurling
|code = Hurling
|county = Limerick
|province = Munster
|club = Adare
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|colleges = University College Cork
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|colyears = 2018-2022
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|icyears = 2018-present
|icposition = Left corner-back
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport/417892/limerick-hurlers-have-a-clean-slate-and-are-attacking-the-2019-championship-connolly.html|title=Limerick hurlers have a 'clean slate and are attacking the 2019 championship': Connolly|publisher=Limerick Leader|date=18 May 2019|access-date=25 January 2020|first=Jerome|last=O'Connell}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ardscoil-ris-claim-fourth-harty-cup-in-seven-years-383154.html |title=Ardscoil Rís claim fourth Harty Cup in seven years |access-date=22 February 2016 |work=Irish Examiner |date=20 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30828571.html|title=Ardscoil Rís extend Cork's wait for Harty Cup success|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=17 February 2018|access-date=17 February 2022|first=Eoghan|last=Cormican}} Connolly later lined out with University College Cork and was an unused substitute when the Fitzgibbon Cup title was won in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/ucc-fitzgibbon-cup-hurling-cit-4971273-Jan2020/|title=Kingston hits 0-7 as UCC book Fitzgibbon quarter-final spot with win over CIT|date=19 January 2020|publisher=The 42|access-date=4 February 2023|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/it-carlow-ucc-match-report-5004314-Feb2020/|title=14-man UCC come from 6 points down to win Fitzgibbon Cup final against IT Carlow|publisher=The 42|date=12 February 2020|accessdate=13 February 2020|first=Sinéad|last=Farrell}}
Connolly first appeared on the inter-county scene with Limerick as a member of the minor team in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/limerick-minor-hurlers-3465825-Jun2017/|title=Limerick minor hurlers make two changes for tomorrow's Munster semi-final against Clare|publisher=The 42|date=27 June 2017|accessdate=13 February 2020|first=|last=}} He later spent one season with the under-20 team.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-limerick-munster-u20-hurling-championship-4709293-Jul2019/|title=O'Regan hits 1-6 as Cork take aim at Clare after proving too strong for Limerick|publisher=The 42|date=3 July 2019|accessdate=13 February 2020|first=|last=}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport/417892/limerick-hurlers-have-a-clean-slate-and-are-attacking-the-2019-championship-connolly.html|title=Limerick hurlers have a 'clean slate and are attacking the 2019 championship': Connolly|publisher=Limerick Leader|date=18 May 2019|accessdate=13 February 2020|first=Jerome|last=O'Connell}} Connolly later returned and was part of the Limerick panel that won four successive All-Ireland SHC titles from 2020 to 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/hurling/1253921/limerick-hurling-team-confirmed-for-all-ireland-hurling-final-with-kilkenny.html|title=Limerick hurling team confirmed for All-Ireland hurling final with Kilkenny|publisher=Limerick Leader|date=21 July 2023|accessdate=23 July 2023|first=John|last=Keogh}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 11 February 2024.}}
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| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Year !colspan="3"|National League !colspan="2"|Munster !colspan="2"|All-Ireland !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| rowspan="5"|Limerick
|2019 |rowspan="5"|Division 1A |0 | 0-00 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0-00 | |||
| 2020
|0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| 2021
|2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | |
| 2022
|2 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | |
| 2023
|1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | |
| |2024
| |1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!6 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-01 |
Honours
;Ardscoil Rís
- Dr Harty Cup: 2016, 2018 (c)
- Dean Ryan Cup (1): 2016
;University College Cork
;Limerick
References
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