Ronan Sweeney (born 15 September 1980) is a Gaelic footballer, who played inter-county football for Kildare and currently plays club football with Moorefield. He played for Kildare for 13 seasons between 2000 - 2013 winning a Leinster title in 2000 after defeating Dublin. [1] He has been very influential in his club's most successful ever period, winning 9 county championships and 2 Leinster titles between 2000 and 2018.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Rónán Mac Suibhne | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born |
15 September 1980 Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1997- | Moorefield | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kildare titles | 9 | ||
| Leinster titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2000-2013 | Kildare | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Sweeney has been heavily involved in the Gaelic Players Association from a young age and became secretary for a period of time.[3]
Honours
edit- Kildare Senior Football Championship (9): 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
- Leinster Senior Club Football Championship (2): 2006, 2017
- Leinster Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2006
- Leinster Senior Football Championship (1): 2000
- National Football League Division 2 (1):
Coaching
editSweeney went straight from playing inter county football to coaching when he joined Niall Carew's backroom team in Waterford in 2013 and Sligo in 2014 and 2015. He then became head coach with his home county Kildare for 2 years in 2016 and 2017 under current manager, Cian O'Neil.
References
edit- ^ "Sweeney relishing chance". Hogan Stand. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ "Sweeney double sinks Rhode". Hogan Stand. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
- ^ Potts, Sean (28 October 2012). "Details of the Gaelic Players Association AGM after a year of historic changes in GAA: The AGM of the Gaelic Players Association took place this afternoon at the Gibson Hotel, Dublin". Irish Central. Retrieved 19 February 2013.