Mark Connolly joined Derry FC last year and he, his wife and their children moved to Ireland full time - here's everything you need to know about his life on and off the pitch
Mark Connolly has had a stellar football career so far as he moved from Ireland to Scotland before returning last year.
Family life Mark is married to Scottish wife Rosa and they share two young children, Ora and Rohan. The family moved to Ireland last year, but before this Mark was living in the country himself for six months as he played for Dundalk. “It’s been tough. My job is playing football and that’s it. A lot of people don’t see life away from football and it has been difficult at times.
“But she has been amazing. She is a strong woman. She has kept things going over there and she has let me get on with my work over here.“I’m just picking the kids up from school, I’m waking up a lot earlier in the morning again, the lie-ins are gone, but I wouldn’t change it, I’ve been waiting for this for a long, long time.”
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