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Colin Sheridan: Don Connellan - the best of men, who quietly won in life - on and off the pitch

Don Connellan excelled with Roscommon and, first, with a special group in university in Galway.

Colin Sheridan: Don Connellan - the best of men, who quietly won in life - on and off the pitch — The late Don Connellan.

Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 06:55

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Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

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