T. J. Connolly (hurler)

T. J. Connolly, born in 1971 in Cashel, County Tipperary, is an Irish retired hurler who later became a manager and selector. He first arrived on the inter-county scene as a dual player at the age of seventeen with the Tipperary minor teams, then moved on to the under-21 sides, but never played at senior level with Tipperary. At club level he played for Cashel King Cormacs, with whom he won a Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship medal and a Tipperary championship medal, both in 1991. After retiring from playing he became involved in team management and coaching. He served for a number of years as a selector with the Tipperary under-21 team before being appointed its manager in 2013, and he left that position in 2015. His honours list a 2010 All-Ireland and Munster under-21 hurling title under his managerial honours.