Don Connellan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right Half Forward | ||
| Born |
26 September 1973 County Roscommon, Ireland | ||
| Died |
4 August 2025 (aged 51) Moycullen, County Galway, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Garda | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Kilmore | |||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
1992 | UCG | ||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1993–2000's | Roscommon | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 1 | ||
Don Connellan (26 September 1973 – 4 August 2025) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He played his football for the Kilmore club[1] and at senior level for the Roscommon county team, while working as a garda.
Connellan was from Kilmore.[2] He made his senior inter-county championship debut in 1993 in a 1–12 to 1–10 win over Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon.[3] Connellan won a Connacht Senior Football Championship title while playing for Roscommon in 2001.[2]
As a manager, he led Moycullen to a maiden Galway Senior Football Championship title in 2020. He was part of Maurice Sheridan's management team when NUI Galway got a Sigerson Cup in 2021.[2]
Connellan died on 4 August 2025, at the age of 51.[4]
References
- ^ "Connellan's class act". 1 January 2010.
- ^ a b c O'Brien, Kevin (2 September 2022). "Don Connellan managed Moycullen to Galway SFC success in 2020". The42.ie.
- ^ "New frontrunner in race to become Roscommon senior football manager". 3 September 2022.
- ^ GAA community left reeling by sudden death of former player Don Connellan