[2][3] Connolly later lined out with University College Cork and was an unused substitute when the Fitzgibbon Cup title was won in 2020.
[4][5] Connolly first appeared on the inter-county scene with Limerick as a member of the minor team in 2017.
[7] Connolly was called into the senior team in advance of the pre-season 2019 Munster SHL.
He was on the 41-man panel that won the National Hurling League title later that season, but was released prior to the start of the championship.
[8] Connolly later returned and was part of the Limerick panel that won four successive All-Ireland SHC titles from 2020 to 2023.