Ronan Gormley (born 21 April 1983)[1] is an Irish field hockey player. Originally from Cork,[2] he played club hockey with Pembroke Wanderers in Dublin.[3] He also played for a period with Crefelder HTC [de] in Germany.[4][5]

Gormley joined the Ireland men's national field hockey team squad in 2004,[2] and earned his 200th cap in 2015.[6] He was a member of the Irish team that won bronze at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship,[7] and later represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8] He earned his 250th cap for Ireland in February 2017,[5] becoming one of the most capped players in Irish hockey.[9]

After captaining Ireland over 120 times, he retired from international competition in September 2018.[10][11]

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  1. "Ronan Gormley". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Ronan Gormley credited with changing attitude for men's hockey". iristimes.com. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  3. "One last goal for Ronan Gormley!". pembrokewanderers.ie. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. "Ronan Gormley". rte.ie. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Ronan Gormley will look to build on 250 hockey cap feat". irishtimes.com. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  6. "Ronan Gormley to earn 200th Ireland cap in Germany". irishtimes.com. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  7. "Green giant Gormley gets big send-off". independent.ie. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  8. "Ronan Gormley". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  9. "Ireland's Ronan Gormley calls time on mammoth career". irishtimes.com. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  10. "Ronan Gormley retires after stellar Ireland career". rte.ie. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  11. "Hockey: Gormley calls it a day on international career". Irish Examiner. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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