| 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.
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]
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Limerick | 2019 | Division 1A | 0 | 0-00 | — | — | 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 | ||
| Career total | 6 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-01 | ||
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