Rob Hennelly

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox GAA player | image = | name = Rob Hennelly | irish = Riobeard Ó hIonnaile | nickname = | occupation = Entrepreneur | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|3|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Castlebar]], [[Ireland]] | height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | sport = Gaelic football | code = Football | county = Mayo | province = Connacht | club = [[Breaffy GAA|Breaffy]]<br>[[Raheny GAA|Raheny]] | clyears = 2008–2022 <br> 2023– | clposition = Goalkeeper | clapps(points) = | clcounty = | clprovince = | clallireland = | colleges = [[DCU GAA|DCU]] | sig = 2 | counties = [[Mayo county football team|Mayo]] | icyears = 2011– present | icposition = Goalkeeper | icapps(points) = | icprovince = 6 | icallireland = 0 | nfl = 1 | allstars = 0 | clupdate = | icupdate = }} '''Rob Hennelly''' (born 8 March 1990) is a [[Gaelic football]]er who plays for [[Breaffy GAA|Breaffy]] and, formerly,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/0626/1520519-totally-unnecessary-hennelly-angered-by-mayo-board/|title='Totally unnecessary' – Former goalkeeper Rob Hennelly angered by Mayo GAA statement on Kevin McStay departure|publisher=RTÉ|date=26 June 2025}}</ref> the [[Mayo county football team|Mayo county team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thescore.ie/mayo-andy-moran-998537-Jul2013/|title=Moran and Hennelly back in Mayo starting side for Connacht final|publisher=The Score|date=18 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054355/http://www.thescore.ie/mayo-andy-moran-998537-Jul2013/|archive-date=21 September 2013}}</ref>

Hennelly left the Mayo panel in 2012 after being the number one goalkeeper throughout 2011, but returned to the panel in 2013 for the Connacht final when goalkeepers [[David Clarke (Gaelic footballer)|David Clarke]] and Kenneth O'Malley were both injured.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15628:hennelly-leaves-mayo-senior-panel&catid=14&Itemid=100008|title= Hennelly leaves Mayo panel|work=[[The Mayo News]]|date=18 July 2013|access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/hennelly-set-to-stay-between-mayo-posts-for-rest-of-season-29479301.html|title=Hennelly set to stay between Mayo posts for rest of season|work=Irish Independent|first=Colm|last=Keys|date=7 August 2013|access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/gaa/hennelly-back-between-the-sticks-for-mayo-600936.html|title=Hennelly back between the sticks for Mayo|publisher=[[BreakingNews.ie]]|date=18 July 2013|access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref>

==Work== In February 2014, Hennelly – alongside former Mayo senior team player [[Cathal Freeman]] – set up Love Media, a digital communications agency,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovemedia.ie/|title=Profiles|work=Love Media|date=22 August 2014|access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>

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