Neil Ronan
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Niall Ó Rónáin | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left wing-forward | ||
Born |
Ballyhea, County Cork, Ireland | 1 September 1979||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Nickname | The weasel | ||
Occupation | Operations director | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
1995–2015 | Ballyhea | 24 (13-145) | |
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 0 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
Waterford Institute of Technology | |||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1999–2009 | Cork | 28 (4–41) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 4 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:21, 22 October 2014. |
Neil Ronan (born 1 September 1979) is an Irish retired
Ronan began his hurling career at club level with Ballyhea. He broke onto the club's senior team as a 15-year-old in 1995. He was an ever-present member of the team for the next 20 years and enjoyed his greatest success in 2014 when the club won the Cork Premier Intermediate Championship. Ronan's prowess also saw him selected for the Avondhu divisional team.
At inter-county level, Ronan was part of the successful Cork under-21 team that won the
Playing career
St. Colman's College
Ronan played in all grades of hurling with
Waterford Institute of Technology
During his studies at the Waterford Institute of Technology, Ronan was selected for the institute's senior hurling team. On 28 February 1999, he scored 1-01 from right corner-forward when Waterford IT defeated University College Cork by 4-15 to 3-12 to win the Fitzgibbon Cup.
Ballyhea
Ronan joined the
Ronan was the top scorer in the 2002 Cork Senior Championship. He scored 2-36 from four championship appearances.
Ronan played his club hurling with his local club in Ballyhea. He made his underage debut at the age of eight, and was quickly recognised as one of the club's brightest prospects.
On 12 October 2014, Ronan was at centre-forward when Ballyhea defeated Newcestown by 1-17 to 0-16 to win the Cork Premier Intermediate Championship.[4] The game was not without incident as Ronan was red-carded towards the end of the game. He was subsequently suspended for Ballyhea's Munster Championship campaign.
After twenty years, Ronan played his last championship game for the club on 25 August 2015 in a 2-28 to 3-11 defeat by Imokilly in the 2015 Cork Senior Championship.[5]
Cork
Minor and under-21
After lining out for Cork in the under-14 and under-16 grades, Ronan was later called up to the minor panel, making his only appearance at left corner-forward on 26 June 1996 in a 0-16 to 1-09 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster Minor Hurling Championship.
Ronan subsequently progressed onto the Cork under-21 team and won a
Senior
Ronan was still a member of the under-21 team when he made his first appearance for the Cork senior team on 21 February 1999. He scored a point in Cork's 0-14 to 1-09 defeat of
Ronan started at left wing-forward for Cork's first two championship games in the 2000 Munster Championship, however, he was dropped from the starting fifteen for the final on 3 July. In spite of this he won a second Munster Championship medal as a non-playing substitute following Cork's 0-23 to 3-12 defeat of Tipperary.[7]
On 14 July 2002, Ronan was at midfield for Cork's 0-21 to 1-09 defeat by Galway in the All-Ireland Qualifiers.[8] On 29 November, Ronan and the other 29 members of the Cork senior hurling panel announced that they were withdrawing their services from the county in the hope of better treatment from the county board.[9] The strike was ultimately resolved in the players’ favour on 13 December, however, Ronan decided to quit inter-county hurling and emigrate to Australia.[10]
On 20 February 2005, Ronan returned to the Cork senior team and scored seven points in a 1-20 to 0-10 National League defeat of
Ronan earned a reputation as an impact-sub during the
The Cork team went into decline over the next few years, however, Ronan was a regular impact sub throughout the 2007 and 2008 seasons. After playing in three of Cork's games during the 2009 National League he was an unused substitute during Cork's subsequent championship campaign. Ronan left the Cork panel following the conclusion of the 2009 All-Ireland Championship.
Munster
On 11 November 2001, Ronan was introduced as a substitute for
Career statistics
Club
Team | Year | Cork SHC
| |
---|---|---|---|
Apps | Score | ||
Ballyhea | 1995 | 2 | 0-01 |
1996 | 1 | 0-02 | |
1997 | 1 | 1-07 | |
1998 | 1 | 1-07 | |
1999 | 2 | 1-06 | |
2000 | 5 | 4-35 | |
2001 | 2 | 2-19 | |
2002 | 4 | 2-36 | |
2003 | 4 | 2-27 | |
Total | 22 | 13-140 | |
Year | Cork PIHC | ||
Apps | Score | ||
2004 | — | ||
2005 | 3 | 2-11 | |
2006 | 3 | 3-17 | |
2007 | 2 | 0-12 | |
2008 | 3 | 1-22 | |
2009 | 3 | 0-08 | |
2010 | 3 | 1-19 | |
2011 | — | ||
2012 | 3 | 0-22 | |
2013 | 2 | 2-09 | |
2014 | 5 | 0-26 | |
Total | 27 | 9-144 | |
Year | Cork SHC
| ||
Apps | Score | ||
2015 | 2 | 0-05 | |
Total | 2 | 0-05 | |
Career total | 51 | 22-289 |
Inter-county
Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Cork | 1999 | Division 1B | 1 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-02 |
2000 | 6 | 5-07 | 2 | 0-09 | 1 | 0-00 | 9 | 5-16 | ||
2001 | 5 | 0-07 | 1 | 0-00 | — | 6 | 0-07 | |||
2002 | 5 | 0-07 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | 6 | 0-08 | ||
2003 | 4 | 0-02 | — | — | 4 | 0-02 | ||||
2004 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
2005 | 7 | 0-30 | 2 | 0-03 | 3 | 0-02 | 12 | 0-35 | ||
2006 | Division 1A | 3 | 1-13 | 2 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-06 | 8 | 1-20 | |
2007 | 6 | 1-12 | 2 | 0-00 | 5 | 4-13 | 13 | 5-25 | ||
2008 | 2 | 2-14 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-05 | 5 | 2-19 | ||
2009 | 3 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-01 | ||
Career total | 42 | 9-94 | 11 | 0-14 | 18 | 4-27 | 71 | 13-135 |
Inter-provincial
Team | Year | Railway Cup
| |
---|---|---|---|
Apps | Score | ||
Munster | 2001 | 2 | 0-00 |
Career total | 2 | 0-00 |
Honours
Player
- St. Colman's College
- Dr Croke Cup (1): 1997
- Dr Harty Cup (1): 1997
- Waterford Institute of Technology
- Fitzgibbon Cup (1): 1999
- Ballyhea
- Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2014
- Cork Junior B Inter-Divisional Hurling Championship (1): 2022
- Cork
- 2005
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship (4): 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006
- All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1998
- Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1998
- Munster
- Railway Cup (1): 2001
References
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- ^ "St Colman's are rampant". Irish Times. 17 March 1997. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ Conlon, Tomás (28 April 1997). "Ruthless display by Colman's". Irish Times. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ Hurley, Denis (13 October 2014). "Ballyhea 'yes' at return to senior ranks". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ O'Callaghan, Therese (26 August 2015). "Fergal Condon delights as Imokilly blitz Ballyhea". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Championship Flashback: All-Ireland SHC final, September 1999". Irish Independent. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Cork reach new heights to keep provincial crown". The Corkman. 8 July 2000. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Galway glide past woeful Rebels". Irish Independent. 15 July 2002. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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- ^ Moran, Seán (14 December 2002). "Cork hurlers strike comes to late finish". Irish Times. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Ronan returns to inspire Cork". Irish Times. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Cork win Munster final". Irish Examiner. 26 June 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Jim (12 September 2005). "Confidence and craft carry the day". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Cork to stick with winning formula". Irish Times. 2 August 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Deane steers Cork to Munster final win". Irish Examiner. 25 June 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Cats capture 29th All-Ireland". Hogan Stand. 3 September 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Munster deluge swamps Connacht". Irish Independent. 12 November 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2018.