Senan Connell

Senan Connell is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level for Na Fianna on Dublin's Northside and at inter-county level for Dublin, mostly as a half forward. He made his Dublin debut in a national league match against Offaly in 1998, cemented his place in the team, and was a mainstay through the Lyons era before retiring from inter-county football at the age of 32 after the 2006 All-Ireland semi-final loss to Mayo. He won three Leinster Senior Football Championship titles, in 2002, 2005 and 2006, and played in the 2002 All-Ireland semi-final, in which Dublin were beaten by Armagh. With Na Fianna he won the Dublin Senior Football Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2001 and the 1999 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, and the club lost the All-Ireland club final to Crossmaglen Rangers. In 2004 he was working as a schoolteacher while playing for Dublin.