Noel Connelly

Irish Gaelic footballer and manager

Noel Connelly (born 1972) is an Irish former Gaelic football manager and player.

## Contents

* 1 Career
* 2 Honours
* 2.1 Player
* 2.2 Manager
* 3 References

## Career[edit]

He played as a midfielder at senior level for the Mayo county team before later serving as joint-manager of the team with Pat Holmes from 2014 until 2015.[1] Connelly along with Pat Holmes left as joint managers of the Mayo team in 2015 after one year due to a player revolt and the threat of a strike by the team if they remained in charge.[2][3][4][5]

## Honours[edit]

### Player[edit]

Hollymount-Carramore

* Mayo Senior Football Championship (3): 1990, 1991, 1994

Mayo

* Connacht Senior Football Championship (3): 1996, 1997, 1999
* National Football League (1): 2000-01

### Manager[edit]

Mayo

* Connacht Senior Football Championship (1): 2015
* All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2006

## References[edit]

1. ^ Heneghan, Conor (2014). "Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes set to take charge of the Mayo footballers". JOE.ie. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
2. ^ "'If some egos are not checked, Mayo won't win an All-Ireland': Ousted joint managers break silence on player revolt". Irish Independent. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
3. ^ "Martin Breheny: The reality is that Holmes and Connelly have done Mayo football a huge service". Irish Independent. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
4. ^ "Revealed: The letter to the county board that tore Mayo apart". Irish Independent. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
5. ^ "Mayo players threatened to strike in 2015 if Holmes and Connelly were not removed". The 42. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

Sporting positions

Preceded by

|  Mayo Senior Football Captain
1996–1997  | Succeeded by

Preceded by

James Horan

|  Mayo Senior Football Joint-Manager
2014–2015  | Succeeded by

Stephen Rochford

Mayo squads

* v
* t
* e

Mayo – 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

* 1 J. Madden
* 2 K. Mortimer
* 3 K. Cahill
* 4 D. Flanagan
* 5 P. Holmes
* 6 J. Nallen
* 7 N. Connelly (c)
* 8 L. McHale
* 9 D. Brady
* 10 J. Horan
* 11 C. McManamon
* 12 M. Sheridan
* 13 A. Finnerty
* 14 J. Casey
* 15 R. Dempsey

Subs used
22 PJ Loftus for Dempsey
18 P. Fallon for Flanagan
21 T. Reilly for Finnerty

Subs not used
16 B. Heffernan
17 P. Butler
19 G. Ruane
20 D. Nestor
23 M. Gardiner
24 A. McGarry

Manager
J. Maughan

Selectors
P. Ford
T. O'Malley

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* t
* e

Mayo – 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

* 1 P. Burke
* 2 K. Mortimer
* 3 P. Holmes
* 4 D. Flanagan
* 5 F. Costello
* 6 J. Nallen
* 7 N. Connelly
* 8 P. Fallon
* 9 D. Heaney
* 10 M. Sheridan
* 11 C. McManamon
* 12 J. Casey
* 13 C. McDonald
* 14 L. McHale
* 15 D. Nestor

Subs used
J. Horan for Flanagan
D. Byrne for Sheridan
PJ Loftus for Nestor

Manager
J. Maughan

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* t
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Mayo football team – managers

* J. Carey (1977-80)
* L. O'Neill (1983-87)
* J. O'Mahony (1987-91)
* B. McDonald (1991-92)
* J. O'Shea (1992-94)
* A. Egan (1994-95)
* J. Maughan (1995-99)
* P. Holmes (1999-2002)
* J. Maughan (2002-05)
* M. Moran (2005-06)
* J. O'Mahony (2006-10)
* J. Horan (2010-14)
* N. Connelly and P. Holmes (2014-15)
* S. Rochford (2015-18)
* J. Horan (2018-22)
* K. McStay (2022-)

Under-20/1s incl. N. Heffernan: until 2016  • M. Solan: 2016–2020  • M. Sheridan: 2021–
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