Richie Connor

Richie Connor
Personal information
Irish name	Risteard Ó Conchubhair
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield
Born	Walsh Island, County Offaly
Occupation	Primary School Teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
1970s-1990s	Walsh Island
Club titles
Offaly titles	6
Leinster titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1975-1989	Offaly
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All-Irelands	1
NFL	0
All Stars	1

Richie Connor (born 1954 in Walsh Island, County Offaly) is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Walsh Island and was a member of the Offaly senior inter-county team from 1975 until 1989.^[1] Walsh later served as manager of the Laois and Offaly senior football teams.

As a player Richie was captain of the Offaly team which won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title in 1982, denying the great Kerry team a prestigious five in a row titles. He played at centre forward that day, having appeared as centre back in earlier years.

Richie’s only All-Star award came in 1981.

Richie’s first success was with the Erins Hope team that won the Dublin under-21 title in 1974. He helped them retain the title in 1975 and also won an Offaly under-21 medal with Walsh Island in the same year.

With Walsh Island, Richie was part of the team that won six Offaly Senior Football Championship titles in a row from 1978 to 1983. He was captain in 1981 and 1983.

Sporting positions
Preceded by	Offaly Senior Football Captain 1980-1982	Succeeded by Martin Furlong
Preceded by Martin Furlong	Offaly Senior Football Captain 1982	Succeeded by
Preceded by Bobby Miller	Laois Senior Football Manager 1989-1993	Succeeded by Colm Browne
Preceded by Pat Roe	Offaly Senior Football Manager 2008-2009	Succeeded by Tom Cribben
Achievements
Preceded by Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry)	All-Ireland Senior Football winning captain 1982	Succeeded by Tommy Drumm (Dublin)

References

↑ "Offaly GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 2010-05-08.

Teams

Offaly – 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 M. Furlong 2 M. Fitzgerald 3 L. Connor 4 C. Conroy 5 P. Fitzgerald 6 R. Connor (c) 7 L. Currams 8 T. Connor 9 P. Dunne 10 V. Henry 11 G. Carroll 12 A. O'Halloran 13 M. Connor 14 S. Lowry 15 B. Lowry Subs used J. Mooney for T. Connor J. Moran for V. Henry Manager E. McGee

Offaly – 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)

1 M. Furlong 2 M. Lowry 3 L. Connor 4 M. FitzGerald 5 P. FitzGerald 6 S. Lowry 7 L. Currams 8 T. Connor 9 P. Dunne 10 J. Guinan 11 R. Connor (c) 12 G. Carroll 13 J. Mooney 14 M. Connor 15 B. Lowry Subs used Stephen Darby for M. Lowry 20 Séamus Darby for J. Guinan Manager E. McGee Selectors P. Fenlon S. Foran P. J. Mahon L. Grogan

1978 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 O. Crinnigan 2 H. Keegan 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 R. Kelleher 5 T. Drumm 6 O. Brady 7 P. Lynch 8 C. McAlarney 9 R. Connor 10 G. Power 11 D. Barron 12 P. Spillane 13 M. Sheehy 14 J. Keaveney 15 J. Egan

1981 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 M. Furlong 2 J. Deenihan 3 P. Kennedy 4 P. Lynch 5 P. Ó Sé 6 R. Connor 7 S. McHugh 8 J. O'Shea 9 S. Walsh 10 B. Brennan 11 D. Moran 12 P. Spillane 13 M. Sheehy 14 E. Liston 15 B. Lowry

Laois senior football team – managers

B. Miller (1987–1989) R. Connor (1989–1993) C. Browne (1993–1996) M. Dempsey (1996–1998) T. Cribben (1998–2000) C. Browne (2000–2002) M. O'Dwyer (2002–2006) L. Kearns (2006–2008) S. Dempsey (2008–2010) J. McNulty (2010–2013) T. Ó Flatharta (2013–2015) M. Lillis (2015–)

Offaly senior football team – managers

Eugene McGee (1977–84)
John Courtney (1984–86)
Greg Hughes (1986–87)
Michael McBrierty (1988–89)
Jody Gunning (1989–90)
Brendan Hackett (1991–91)
Pat Fitzgerald (1992–93)
Eugene Mulligan, Eamon Mulhall, & Kevin Gavin (1994–94)
T. Lyons (1996–1999)
P. Nolan (1999–2002)
P. O'Kelly (2002–2003)
G. Fahy (2003–2004)
K. Kilmurray (2004–2006)
P. Roe (2006–2008)
R. Connor (2008–2009)
T. Cribben (2009–2011)
Gerry Cooney (2011)
T. Coffey (2011)
E. McDonnell (2012–2014)
P. Flanagan (2014–)

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