Diarmuid Connolly

Diarmuid Connolly
Personal information
Irish name	Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Left Half Forward
Born	(1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation	Account Manager
Club(s)
Years	Club
2005-	St Vincents
Club titles
Dublin titles	3
Leinster titles	3
All-Ireland Titles	2
Inter-county(ies)**
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2008-	Dublin	31 (6-42)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	9
All-Irelands	3
NFL	3
All Stars	1
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23 August 2014 (UTC).

Diarmuid Connolly (born 7 July 1987) is a Gaelic footballer and hurler with the St Vincents club who plays inter-county for Dublin.

Career

He is widely considered to be one of the best Gaelic footballers in Ireland, having won three All-Ireland titles with his county (2011, 2013, 2015) and two All-Ireland club championships (2008, 2014). ^[1] He gave a dominant display for St. Vincent's in the final of the 2014 All-Ireland senior club football championship scoring 2-05 and contributing to several other scores.^[2]

Honours

Club

Dublin Senior Football Championship (3): 2007, 2013, 2014
Leinster Senior Club Football Championship (3): 2007, 2013, 2014
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (2): 2008, 2014

County

Leinster Senior Football Championship (9): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (3): 2011, 2013 2015
National Football League (3): 2013, 2014, 2015

References

↑ "Clinical Connolly ignites Vincent's goal-rush". Irish Independent. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
↑ "St Vincent's 4-12 Castlebar Mitchels 2-11". RTÉ Sport. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

Dublin senior football team

1 S. Cluxton

8 B. Fenton
9 D. Bastick

Subs: 25 K. McManamon for Rock; 24 M.D. MacAuley for Bastick; 22 M. Fitzsimons for Cooper; 26 J. Small for McCaffrey; 21 D. Daly for O'Sullivan; 18 A. Brogan for Fenton

Subs not used: 16 M. Savage; 17 T. Brady; 19 D. Byrne; 20 C. Costello; 23 E. Lowndes

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Darcy; M. Deegan; S. O'Hanlon

(Team on 20 September 2015 versus Kerry)

Dublin Football Squads

Dublin – 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (23rd title)

Subs used: 21 P. McMahon for McCarthy; 24 K. McManamon for Flynn; 20 E. O'Gara for Cahill; 25 E. Fennell for Bastick

Subs not used: 16 M. Savage; 17 P. Conlon; 18 P. Casey; 19 D. Henry; 22 T. Quinn; 23 S. Murray; 26 R. McConnell; 27 C. Dias; 28 D. Lally; 29 P. Brogan; 30 P. Griffin

Manager: P. Gilroy

Dublin - 2013 National Football League Champions (10th title)

Subs: 19 S. Carthy for Whelan; 22 K. McManamon for Cullen; 17 D. Bastick for O'Sullivan; 21 P. McMahon for MacAuley; 25 D. Rock for Brogan

Subs not used: 10 P. Flynn; 16 S. Supple; 18 T. Brady; 20 N. Devereux; 23 K. Nolan; 24 R. O'Carroll

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Byrne; D. Darcy; M. Deegan

Dublin – 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (24th title)

Subs used: 25 E. O'Gara for Mannion; 20 D. Daly for McCaffrey; 26 D. Rock for Kilkenny; 22 K. McManamon for Andrews; 17 D. Bastick for Cooper

Subs not used: 16 S. Supple; 18 S. Carthy; 19 B. Cullen; 21 M. Fitzsimons; 23 K. Nolan; 24 K. O'Brien

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Byrne; D. Darcy; M. Deegan

(Team on 22 September 2013)

Dublin - 2014 National Football League Champions (11th title)

Subs: 23 K. McManamon for Andrews; 18 Davy Byrne for Nolan; 20 M. Fitzsimons for O'Carroll; 25 C. Reddin for O'Gara; 24 D. Nelson for O'Sullivan; 17 T. Brady for A. Brogan

Subs not used: 16 S. Currie; 19 B. Cullen; 21 S. George; 22 P. Hudson; 26 D. Rock

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Byrne; D. Darcy; M. Deegan

Dublin - 2015 National Football League Champions (12th title)

Subs: 23 M. Fitzsimons for O'Carroll; 17 P. Andrews for Brady; 24 E. Ó Conghaile for Bastick; 20 C. Costello for Connolly; 26 J. Small for McMahon; 21 D. Daly for Fenton

Subs not used: 10 P. Flynn; 16 S. Currie; 19 David Byrne; 22 N. Devereux; 25 P. Ryan

Manager: J. Gavin

Selectors: D. Byrne; D. Darcy; M. Deegan

St Vincents Football Squads

St Vincent's – 2007 Dublin Senior Football Champions

1 M. Savage 2 P. Conlon 3 E. Brady 4 H. Gill 5 T. Doyle 6 G. Brennan 7 P. Kelly 8 H. Coughlan 9 M. O'Shea 10 K. Golden 11 T. Diamond 12 N. Billings 13 B. Maloney 14 D. Connolly 15 T. Quinn Substitutes P. Gilroy C. Brady Manager M. Whelan (Team as of October 2007 versus St Brigids)

St Vincents – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Champions

1 M. Savage 2 K. Bonnie 3 J. Curley 4 H. Gill 17 G. Brennan 6 B. Egan 7 M. Concarr 8 D. Murphy 9 E. Fennell 10 G. Burke 11 D. Connolly 12 S. Carthy 18 R. Trainor 14 C. Dorney 15 T. Quinn Sub used T. Diamond for Burke C. Diamond for Fennell K. Golden for Trainor A. Baxter for Dorney N. Mullins for Carthy Manager T. Conroy

Awards

2014 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 P. Durcan 2 P. Murphy 3 N. McGee 4 K. Higgins 5 J. McCarthy 6 P. Crowley 7 C. Boyle 8 N. Gallagher 9 D. Moran 10 P. Flynn 11 M. Murphy 12 D. Connolly 13 C. O'Connor 14 K. Donaghy 15 J. O'Donoghue^FOTY

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