Joe Connolly

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joe Connolly
Occupation	Hurler
Date Of Birth	Oct 13, 1956(1956-10-13)
Age	68
Country	Ireland
Birth City	Castlegar, County Galway
Horoscope	Libra

Joe Connolly Biography

Joe Connolly is one of the most popular and richest Hurler who was born on October 13, 1956 in Castlegar, County Galway, Ireland. Joe Connolly (born 13 October 1956) is an Irish retired hurler who was a player as a centre-forward in Galway’s senior team. Galway seniors.

In Castlegar, County Galway, Connolly first began to play the sport of hurling competitively while in school at St. Mary’s College in Galway. He made his first appearance on the county inter-county scene at 16 when he first joined in his Galway minor team before becoming a member of the under-21 side. Connolly made his senior debut at the 1976 championship. Connolly was able to play an important position for Galway for more than 10 years and was awarded the All-Ireland medal. Connolly was an All-Ireland finalist twice, Connolly captained Galway to the All-Ireland victory in the year 1980.

In 1979 Connolly was at centre-forward as Connacht reached the inter- provincial decider. A 1–13 to 1–9 defeat by Leinster was the result on that occasion. Connolly retained the same position on the team and was appointed captain in 1980 as Connacht faced Railway Cup specialists Munster in the decider. A low-scoring game followed, however, a 1–5 to 0–7 victory gave Connacht their first Railway Cup title since 1947. It was Connolly’s first winners’ medal in the inter-pro competition.

After three years of penultimate stage defeats, Galway shocked four-in-a-row hopefuls Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final and qualified for an All-Ireland final showdown with Kilkenny in 1979. In one of the worst All-Ireland finals of the decade, Galway goalkeeper Séamus Shinnors had an absolute nightmare of a game. A 70-yards free by Liam “Chunky” O’Brien after just four minutes dipped, hit off Shinnors and ended up in the Galway net. Galway fought back and went two points up twelve minutes into the second half, however, they failed to score for the rest of the game. Four minutes before the end of the game another long-range free for Kilkenny ended up in the net behind Shinnors. It was a score which summed up the day for Connolly’s side as Kilkenny went on to win by 2–12 to 1–8.

Connolly first became famous in the inter-county arena when he played for Connolly’s Galway junior and the under-21 team. However Connolly had little success in these levels. Connolly made his senior debut as a champion on the 18th of July 1976, in the 3-12-3-9 All-Ireland quarter-final win over Kerry.

Joe Connolly Net Worth

Joe Connolly is one of the richest Hurler from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joe Connolly 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Castlegar located on the outskirts Galway, Connolly was educated at Briarhill national school , and later went to St. Mary’s College. After finishing his graduation Certificate at the age of 24, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Irish and Geography at University College Galway, before becoming an elementary education teacher by 1979. Despite this, the fact that he was later an executive director of sales for Connolly Sports, a sportswear manufacturing company.

Connolly became a part of Connolly’s Castlegar senior hurling team in 1974. However, the team was defeated in their bid to win three consecutive championships.

During his tenure at University College Galway, Connolly was a key member of the university’s senior hurling team. In 1977 he lined out at full-forward as UCG reached the final of the inter-varsities championship. A 1–14 to 1–12 defeat of St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth gave him a Fitzgibbon Cup medal.

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The following few years proved difficult as Galway were knocked out of the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stages in 1982 and 1983. Connolly retired from inter-county hurling following a serious knee injury in 1984.

Facts & Trivia

Joe Ranked on the list of most popular Hurler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Joe Connolly celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.

Throughout his career Connolly made 22 championship appearances for Galway. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1984 championship.