Ross McConnell is an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er who plays for the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club and for the senior Dublin county team. McConnell is 6'3" tall

Playing career

Inter-county

McConnell made his league debut for Dublin against

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on Saturday 10 February 2007, in Dublin's first league win of the season. Dublin won the game by a scoreline of 0-14 to 1-10. He made his championship debut for Dublin against

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in the quarter-final of the

Leinster Senior Football Championship The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Asso ...

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and played full back on the side which won the Leinster Senior football Championship on Sunday July 1

Ross was on Dublins winning team for the 2008 O'Byrne Cup winning team which defeated Longford county football team, Longford in the final. McConnell was sent off during the defeat to Cork in the 2010 All-Ireland semi-final.

Family life

McConnell's father played with Meath in the 1970s, while his grandfather Kevin senior was an All-Ireland medal winner with Meath in 1949 and 1954.http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0530/dublin.html?rss

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McConnell, Ross Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh Gaelic footballers