Ronan Connolly

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. 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. Connolly later lined out with University College Cork and was an unused substitute when the Fitzgibbon Cup title was won in 2020.

Connolly first appeared on the inter-county scene with Limerick as a member of the minor team in 2017. He later spent one season with the under-20 team. 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. Connolly later returned and was part of the Limerick panel that won four successive All-Ireland SHC titles from 2020 to 2023.

Career statistics

Honours

Ardscoil Rís Dr Harty Cup: 2016, 2018 (c) Dean Ryan Cup (1): 2016

University College Cork Fitzgibbon Cup: 2020

Limerick All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 National Hurling League: 2019, 2020, 2023