Diarmuid Connolly


Diarmuid Connolly is an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career as a forward with the Dublin senior football team spanned 11 seasons from 2007 until 2018 when he left the panel after appearing in a league game vs Mayo in February 2018. Dublin GAA Senior Football Manager Jim Gavin confirmed in an interview with Dubs TV that Diarmuid Connolly is back training with the Dublin panel for the 2019 Championship season.

Born in Dublin, Connolly inherited a passion for sport from his Kilkenny-born father and Clare-born mother. He was educated at Ardscoil Rís where he played competitive Gaelic football and hurling, while he also played soccer with Belvedere F.C. and Home Farm F.C..

Career

Connolly first came to prominence as a Gaelic footballer and hurler at juvenile and underage levels with St. Vincent's. He made his debut with the club's senior team in 2004. Since then Connolly has two All-Ireland Club Football medals. He has also won four Leinster medals and fours county championship medals.
Connolly made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected for the Dublin minor team in 2005. After an unsuccessful minor tenure, he later joined the Dublin under-21 teams as a dual player and won a Leinster medal as a hurler. Connolly made his senior debut during the 2007 O'Byrne Cup. Since then he has won five All-Ireland medals, beginning with lone triumphs in 2011 and 2013, and followed by three successive championships from 2015 to 2017. Connolly has also won ten Leinster medals and four National League medals. He is also a recipient of All Star awards in 2014 and 2016.
In June 2017, Connolly received a 12-week ban after physical interference against linesman Ciaran Branagan during Dublin's win against Carlow in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship.
In March 2018, Connolly left the Dublin senior football panel to spend the summer in Boston playing for Donegal Boston. He subsequently won the championship with the Boston club.
In July 2019, Dublin GAA Senior Football Manager Jim Gavin confirmed in an interview with Dubs TV that Diarmuid Connolly is back training with the Dublin panel for the 2019 Championship season.

Peil Star Film

In 2016, Diarmuid Connolly appeared in a Street Gaelic Football film created by Peil Star with Dublin teammate Shane Carthy and New York footballer C. J. Molloy. In the video, Connolly kicks a Gaelic football across the River Liffey in Dublin.

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Honours

St Vincents GAA
Dublin