Neil Ronan (born 1 September 1979) is an Irish retired hurler who played for North Cork club Ballyhea. He played for the Cork senior hurling team at various times over a ten-year period, during which time he usually lined out as a left wing-forward. Ronan began his hurling career at club level with Ballyhea. He broke onto the club's senior team as a 15-year-old in 1995. He was an ever-present member of the team for the next 20 years and enjoyed his greatest success in 2014 when the club won the Cork Premier Intermediate Championship. Ronan's prowess also saw him selected for the Avondhu divisional team. At inter-county level, Ronan was part of the successful Cork under-21 team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1998. He joined the Cork senior team in 1999. From his debut, Ronan was a regular member of the starting fifteen and made a combined total of 71 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2009. During that time he was part of two All-Ireland Championship-winning teams – in 1999 and 2005. He also secured four Munster Championship medals. Ronan retired from inter-county hurling after the 2009 All-Ireland Championship. Playing career St. Colman's College Ronan played in all grades of hurling with St. Colman's College in Fermoy before progressing onto the college's senior team. On 16 March 1997, he scored ten points from full-forward when St. Colman's College defeated Nenagh CBS by 1-17 to 0-08 to win the Harty Cup. On 27 April, Ronan was again at full-forward and scored 1-07 when St. Colman's College defeated Good Counsel College from New Ross by 4-20 to 0-09 to win the All-Ireland Championship. Waterford Institute of Technology During his studies at the Waterford Institute of Technology, Ronan was selected for the institute's senior hurling team. On 28 February 1999, he scored 1-01 from right corner-forward when Waterford IT defeated University College Cork by 4-15 to 3-12 to win the Fitzgibbon Cup. Ballyhea Ronan joined the Ballyhea club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 26 August 1995, he made his first championship appearance for the Ballyhea senior team in a 2-09 to 1-11 defeat of Imokilly. On 24 September, he was a member of the Ballyhea team that were defeated by Na Piarsaigh in the Cork Senior Championship final. Ronan was the