Noel Connelly (born 1972) is an Irish former Gaelic football manager and player.
Career
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
Player
- 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
- Mayo
- Connacht Senior Football Championship (1): 2015
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2006
References
- ↑ Heneghan, Conor (2014). "Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes set to take charge of the Mayo footballers". JOE.ie. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ↑ "'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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Revealed: The letter to the county board that tore Mayo apart". Irish Independent. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ↑ "Mayo players threatened to strike in 2015 if Holmes and Connelly were not removed". The 42. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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