icposition icupdate birth_date code nhl club feet name occupation clyears birth_place inches county sport nickname allstars icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title clcounty irish
left wing-forward 19:21 , 22 october 2014 1 september 1979 hurling 0 ballyhea 5 neil ronan quantity surveyor 1995 -- present ballyhea , county cork , ireland 10 cork hurling the weasel 0 3 cork 1999 -- 2009 2 munster neil ronan
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neil ronan

neil ronan -lrb- born 1 september 1979 -rrb- is an irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the cork senior team .
born in ballyhea , county cork , ronan first excelled at hurling whilst at school at st. colman 's college .
he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the cork minor team , before later joining the under-21 hurling side .
he made his senior debut during the 1999 championship .
ronan went on to play a key part for cork , and won two all-ireland medals and three munster medals .
he was an all-ireland runner-up on one occasion .
as a member of the munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions , ronan won one railway cup medal .
at club level he has won one premier intermediate championship medal with ballyhea .
ronan 's brother , darren , also played for cork .
throughout his career ronan made 28 championship appearances .
he retired from inter-county hurling in 2009 .
