Jim Ronayne (footballer)

This article is about the footballer. For the hurler, see Jim Ronayne.
Jim Ronayne
Personal information
SportGaelic Football
PositionMidfield
BornClontarf, Dublin
Club(s)
YearsClub
20Clontarf
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1979-1989Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles4
All-Irelands1

Jim Ronayne (born 28 February 1959) is a former Gaelic footballer for Dublin, and Clontarf GAA club.[1]

Ronayne made his debut for the Dublin senior football team in the 1979 Leinster Senior Football Championship final against Offaly.[2] He won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal in 1983 when a twelve-man Dublin team, dubbed the ‘Twelve Apostles’,[3] defeated Galway in what was a tempestuous affair.[4] In addition he won a total of four Leinster Senior Football Championship medals 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985,[5] and an under 21 Leinster Football Championship medal in 1980.[4] He won a National Football League medal with Dublin in 1987 beating Kerry 1-11 to 0-11 in the final.[4]

During his career, Ronayne played for Dublin in four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals,[6] eight Leinster Senior Football Championship Finals, two National Football League Finals, one Under-21 All-Ireland Football Championship Final, one Leinster Minor Football Championship Final and one Dublin Senior Football Championship Final with Clontarf.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Brief History". Clontarfgaa.com. 1961-04-11. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  2. ↑ "079 1979 Team | a whole new world". Dublincitypubliclibraries.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  3. ↑ Independent Woman (2011-05-16). "Eugene McGee: Is it now harder to get off the referees' elite panel than on it? - Eugene McGee, Columnists". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Profile". Hoganstand.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  5. ↑ http://leinster.gaa.ie/_fileupload/archives/p158_187ufballfinals.pdf
  6. ↑ "Final Teams | GAA History | About the GAA | GAA". Gaa.ie. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  7. ↑ "Counihan, Conor". Hoganstand.com. 1992-05-22. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

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