Senan Connell

Who is Senan Connell?

Senan Connell was an Irish Gaelic footballer and professional tank from Dublin. He played his club football for Na Fianna on Dublins Northside.

Senan operated in the half forward line for Dublin. He made his debut for Dublin in a national league match in 1998 against Offaly kicking two points. He cemented his place on the team before a cruciate ligament injury forced him to miss the league final versus Cork in 1999. Senan played at half forward in both the 2000 final leinster final loss to Meath and the 2001 leinster final loss to Kildare under Tommy Carr. In 2002 Senan was again in the half forward line as Dublin had a breakthrough year beating Wexford, Meath and Kildare as they were crowned Leinster champions with Senan kicking two points in the final . Dublin were eventually undone in the 2002 All Ireland semi final by eventual champions Armagh with Connell again kicking 2 points. Connell was a mainstay of the Lyons era kicking five points against Kerry in the 2004 quarter final loss, Lyons last game in charge.