Richie Connor

Offaly Gaelic footballer

Richie ConnorPersonal 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 former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club Walsh Island and, from 1975 until 1989, at senior level for the Offaly county team.[1] Walsh later served as manager of the Laois and Offaly senior football teams.

As a player, Connor was captain of the Offaly team which won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title in 1982,[2] denying Kerry a 'five in a row' title. He played at centre forward that day, having appeared as centre back in earlier years.[citation needed]

Richie's only All-Star award came in 1981.[citation needed]

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

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.[citation needed]

He was interviewed for the documentary Players of the Faithful.[3]

Connor was appointed manager of the Offaly senior team on a three-year-term in 2008, but resigned in February 2009.[2][4]

## References

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1. ^ "Offaly GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
2. ^ a b "Richie Connor appointed Offaly football manager". Irish Independent. 26 September 2008.
3. ^ "Players of the Faithful".
4. ^ "Offaly chief Connor resigns". RTÉ. 8 February 2009.

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 Cribbin

Achievements
Preceded by

Jimmy Deenihan
(Kerry)

|  All-Ireland SFC
winning captain
1982 | Succeeded by

Tommy Drumm
(Dublin)

Offaly panels

* v
* t
* e

Offaly – 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist

* 1 M. Furlong
* 2 M. Fitzgerald
* 3 L. O'Connor
* 4 C. Conroy
* 5 P. Fitzgerald
* 6 R. Connor (c)
* 7 L. Currams
* 8 T. O'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
24 J. Mooney for T. Connor
21 J. Moran for V. Henry

Subs not used
16 D. Wynne
17 O. Minnock
18 S. Darby
19 M. Wright
20 T. Fitzpatrick
22 J. Guinan
23 M. Lowry

Manager
E. McGee
Selectors
P. Fenlon
S. Foran
P. J. Mahon
L. Grogan

* v
* t
* e

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

* 1 M. Furlong
* 2 M. Lowry
* 3 L. O'Connor
* 4 M. Fitzgerald
* 5 P. Fitzgerald
* 6 S. Lowry
* 7 L. Currams
* 8 T. O'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
18 Stephen Darby for M. Lowry
20 Séamus Darby for J. Guinan

Subs not used
16 D. Wynne
17 C. Conroy
19 L. O'Mahony
21 M. Fitzpatrick
22 H. Bolton
23 A. O'Halloran
24 O. Minnock

Manager
E. McGee
Selectors
P. Fenlon
S. Foran
P. J. Mahon
L. Grogan

All Stars

* v
* t
* e

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

* v
* t
* e

Offaly All Stars

Offaly has 30 All Stars, as of 1997. 19 different players have won, as of 1997. Martin Furlong won four All Stars, while Matt Connor won three. No one else won more than two.

1971: Eugene Mulligan, Nicholas Clavin, Willie Bryan, Tony McTague
1972: Martin Furlong, Mick Ryan, Paddy McCormack, Willie Bryan2nd, Johnny Cooney, Kevin Kilmurray, Tony McTague2nd
1973: Mick Ryan2nd, Johnny Cooney2nd, Kevin Kilmurray2nd
1978: Tomás O'Connor
1979: Seán Lowry
1980: Matt Connor
1981: Martin Furlong2nd, Richie Connor, Brendan Lowry
1982: Martin Furlong3rd, Mick Fitzgerald, Liam O'Connor, Seán Lowry2nd, Liam Currams, Pádraig Dunne, Matt Connor2nd
1983: Martin Furlong4th, Matt Connor3rd
1997: Cathal Daly

* v
* t
* e

Laois football team – managers

* B. Miller (1987-89)
* R. Connor (1989-93)
* C. Browne (1993-96)
* M. Dempsey (1996-98)
* T. Cribbin (1998-2000)
* C. Browne (2000-02)
* M. O'Dwyer (2002-06)
* L. Kearns (2006-08)
* S. Dempsey (2008-10)
* J. McNulty (2010-13)
* T. Ó Flatharta (2013-15)
* M. Lillis (2015-16)
* P. Creedon (2016-17)
* J. Sugrue (2017-19)
* M. Quirke (2019-21)
* B. Sheehan (2021-23)
* J. McNulty (2023--)

* v
* t
* e

Offaly football team – managers

* T. Scully (1969)
* A. Kelly (1970)
* A. Kelly & T. Gilhooley (1970-?)
* E. McGee (1976-84)
* J. Courtney (1984-86)
* G. Hughes (1986-87)
* M. McBrierty (1988-89)
* J. Gunning (1989-90)
* B. Hackett (1990-92)
* P. Fitzgerald (1992-93)
* E. Mulligan, E. Mulhall & K. Gavin (1994-94)
* T. Lyons (1996-99)
* P. Nolan (1999-2002)
* P. O'Kelly (2002-03)
* G. Fahy (2003-04)
* K. Kilmurray (2004-06)
* P. Roe (2006-08)
* R. Connor (2008-09)
* T. Coffey, V. Claffey & P. O'Reilly (2009**)
* T. Cribbin (2009-11)
* G. Cooney (2011-12)
* T. Coffey (2012**)
* E. McDonnell (2012-14)
* P. Flanagan (2014-17)
* S. Wallace (2017-18)
* P. Rouse (2018**)
* J. Maughan (2018-22)
* L. Kearns (2022-23)
* M. Murphy (2023**)
* D. Kelly (2023-)
* M. Harte (2024-)

**=Interim manager

Under-21s/20s incl. D. Kelly: 2015 (one day)  • P. Farrell: 2015–16 J. Stewart : 2016–20??  • D. Kelly: c. 2020–

Minors incl. K. Begley: ?  • P. Farrell: ?  • P. Kelleghan: c. 2014–?  • K. Furlong: 2020–
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*[M. Murphy]: Martin Murphy
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