Ray Connellan

Ray Connellan, born on 29 June 1994, is a Gaelic footballer from Coosan who plays for the Athlone club and at senior level for the Westmeath county team. He made his senior championship debut for Westmeath in 2014 and played in the Leinster Senior Football Championship finals of 2015 and 2016. In July 2016 he signed with the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League as a category B rookie, and he then resumed playing Gaelic football. He played in the 2022 Tailteann Cup final and in the 2024 National Football League Division 3 final, when Westmeath claimed the title. In 2026 he played in the O'Byrne Cup final and then in the Leinster final, only the second ever Leinster title win for Westmeath, where he was Man of the Match and was named GAA.ie Footballer of the Week.