{"id":10217,"date":"2022-04-04T22:18:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T22:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=10217"},"modified":"2022-04-04T22:18:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T22:18:20","slug":"former-munster-flanker-dedicates-meath-county-title-win-to-axel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=10217","title":{"rendered":"Former Munster flanker dedicates Meath county title win to Axel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ON A DAY when the Munster Rugby family came together to pay tribute to their fallen friend, team-mate and leader, there was added poignancy for Niall Ronan as he dedicated a first county football title to Anthony Foley.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Foley and Ronan in action back in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>    Source: Dan Sheridan\/INPHO<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='' title=''><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The former Munster and Ireland flanker, who was for forced to retire at the age of 31 in 2014, starred for St Colmcille\u2019s on Saturday as they claimed the Meath intermediate football championship.<\/p>\n<p>Ronan would have played alongside and then under Foley during his seven-year stint at Thomond Park, during which he won over 100 appearances for the province.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old learned of Foley\u2019s death shortly after last week\u2019s drawn final at\u00a0Pairc Tailteann and paid tribute to his former team-mate after lifting the trophy yesterday.<\/p>\n<div   >\n<div >Advertisement<\/div>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1365092406213-1'>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ronan lined out at full forward for St Colmcille\u2019s in their 1-12 to 1-6 triumph over Dunderry.<\/p>\n<div >\n<div >\n<blockquote  align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was for u Axel @Munsterrugby @StColmcillesGAA #champions pic.twitter.com\/3Dk6O1hul3<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Niall Ronan (@niallronan7) October 22, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    Source: Niall Ronan\/Twitter\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<div >\n<blockquote  align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">@NiallRonan777 wins the Intermediate Final with @StColmcillesGAA and brings along a special flag #RIPAxel #cilles #munsterrugby pic.twitter.com\/gVxQckdii6<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Mulligan \ud83d\udcf8 (@BMPHOTOME) October 22, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    Source: Brian Mulligan\/Twitter\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div >\n<div >\n<blockquote  align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">@StColmcillesGAA @Munsterrugby pic.twitter.com\/Pd2iYsrV9u<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Niall Ronan (@niallronan7) October 22, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    Source: Niall Ronan\/Twitter\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The42 is on Snapchat! Tap the button below on your phone to add!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ON A DAY when the Munster Rugby family came together to pay tribute to their fallen friend, team-mate and leader, there was added poignancy for Niall Ronan as he dedicated a first county football title to Anthony Foley. Foley and Ronan in action back in 2007. Source: Dan Sheridan\/INPHO Click Here: The former Munster and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}