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Joe Connolly (born 13 October 1956) is an Irish former hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Galway county team. [1] [2] [3] Born in Castlegar, County Galway, Connolly first played competitive hurling whilst at school in St Mary's College, Galway. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first ...
Thus Galway qualified for the 1980 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, where the opponent was Limerick. A close game, in which five goals were scored, finished in Galway's favour by a scoreline of 2–15 to 3–9. Joe Connolly, the team captain, became the first Galway man to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup since Mick Kenny in 1923.
The match took place at Croke Park, Dublin, on 7 September 1980, between 1979 runners-up Galway and 1973 winners Limerick, and it was refereed by Noel O'Donoghue from Dublin. Galway captained by Joe Connolly and managed by Cyril Farrell won the game by 2-15 to 3-9.
In the All-Ireland semi-final between Galway and Offaly the referee, J. J. Landers, signalled the end of the game with 52 seconds of normal time yet to be played and at least another half a minute of 'lost' time to be added on. Offaly were in the middle of a comeback at that stage, after cutting Galway's lead from nine points to just two.
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On 6 September 1981, Offaly won the championship following a 2–12 to 0–15 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. [2] This was their first All-Ireland title ever. Limerick's Joe McKenna was the championship's top scorer with 7–12.
John Connolly (born 1978/1979) [1] is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency since the 2024 general election. [2] [3] He had been an unsuccessful candidate at the 2016 general election in Galway West and the 2016 Seanad election for the Cultural and Educational Panel.
On 6 May 1979, Tipperary won the title after a 3–15 to 0–8 win over Galway in the final. ... Joe Connolly 1-3, PJ Molloy 1-2, M Connolly 0-4, M Conneely 1-0, F ...