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Irish Gaelic footballer This article is about the footballer. For the hurler, see Jim Ronayne.

Jim Ronayne
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born Clontarf, Dublin
Club(s)
Years Club
20 Clontarf
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1979-1989 Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 4
All-Irelands 1

Jim Ronayne (born 28 February 1959) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Clontarf club and for the Dublin county team.

Ronayne made his debut for the Dublin senior football team in the 1979 Leinster Senior Football Championship final against Offaly. He won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal in 1983 when a twelve-man Dublin team, dubbed the ‘Twelve Apostles’, defeated Galway in the final. In total he won four Leinster Senior Football Championship medals in 1979, 1983, 1984, and 1985, and an under 21 Leinster Football Championship medal in 1980. He won a National Football League medal with Dublin in 1987 beating Kerry 1-11 to 0-11 in the final.

During his career, Ronayne played for Dublin in four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals, eight Leinster Senior Football Championship Finals, two National Football League Finals, one Under-21 All-Ireland Football Championship Final, one Leinster Minor Football Championship Final and one Dublin Senior Football Championship Final with Clontarf.

References

  1. "Brief History". Clontarfgaa.com. 11 April 1961. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. "079 1979 Team | a whole new world". Dublincitypubliclibraries.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. Independent Woman (16 May 2011). "Eugene McGee: Is it now harder to get off the referees' elite panel than on it? - Eugene McGee, Columnists". Independent.ie. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
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  7. "Counihan, Conor". Hoganstand.com. 22 May 1992. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
Dublin squads
Dublin – 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
Subs used
17 J. Ronayne for M. Hickey
19 G. O'Driscoll for J. McCarthy
21 B. Pocock for A. O'Toole
Subs not used
16 S. Doherty
18 R. Kelleher
20 P. Reilly
22 P. Ellis
23 J. Brogan
24 A. Larkin
25 J. Caffrey
26 P. Canavan
27 P. Norton
28 S. Bannon
29 S. Kearns
Manager
K. Heffernan
Selectors
L. Redmond
D. Colfer
Dublin – 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (21st title)
Subs used
18 J. Kearns for T. Conroy
26 C. Maher for T. Conroy
Subs not used
16 M. Kennedy
17 A. McCaul
19 B. Jordan
20 C. Redmond
21 F. McGrath
22 V. Conroy
23 W. Hughes
24 P. Ryan
25 R. Crean
27 D. McGrath
Manager
K. Heffernan
Selectors
T. Hanahoe
L. Redmond
D. Colfer
Dublin – 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
Subs used
M. O'Callaghan for J. McNally
C. Sutton for J. Tonayne
Manager
K. Heffernan
Selectors
T. Hanahoe
L. Redmond
D. Colfer
Dublin – 1985 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
Subs used
20 T. Carr for C. Redmond
17 P. J. Buckley for B. Mullins
Manager
K. Heffernan
Selectors
T. Hanahoe
L. Redmond
D. Colfer


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