Ronan Brennan

Ronan Brennan (born Ronán Ó Braonáin on 8/9/1979 in Kilkenny, Ireland) is a footballer, sports personality, local journalist and well-known raconteur from Kilkenny, Ireland.

Brennan was a founding member of Kilkenny City SC, and was responsible for the first annual Eircom League challenge competition, held in Dublin every year since 2001. This competition has expanded in recent years to feature teams from as far afield as China and Korea. He has worked alongside the FAI in a number of roles related to the promotion of football in the south-east of Ireland.

Brennan captained the winning team in the 2005 All-Ireland Vodafone futsal cup, and had previously been with Irish premier division club Bohemians, Athletico Madrid and third division German side St. Pauli. Brennan represented Ireland in the invitational FIFA 2002 futsal cup, in Yokohama, Japan, coinciding with that country's hosting of the 2002 world cup. He was sent off in the initial group stages and played no part in the later competition.

Brennan writes a daily column for a local sports newspaper in Kilkenny, as well as working as a sports pundit on local radio in the south-east of Ireland.