LAST UPDATE | 9 Jan 2023
BOHEMIANS HAVE ANNOUNCED the signing of former Dundalk winger Dylan Connolly on a multi-year contract.
Connolly joins from English League One side Morecambe and returns to Dalymount Park 11 years after making his first senior appearance in football with Bohs. He will link up with Bohs having previously joined Morecambe on an 18-month contract back in January of last year.
The 27-year-old is the eighth new arrival ahead of the new season following the signings of Keith Buckley, Paddy Kirk, Adam McDonnell, James Akintunde, Dean Williams, Grant Horton and Luke Dennison, while academy graduate Cian Byrne has been promoted to the first team.
“I am really excited back where it all started for me,” said a delighted Connolly following the announcement. “Bohs is where I made my debut and I have a great affinity for the club.
“I have had good experiences in football over in England and I hope that I can use that to help some of the younger players coming through at the club too.
“A lot has changed at the club since my last time here but it’s great to see the likes of Keith Buckley and Derek Pender again today who were here when I was only coming through as a kid. I am really looking forward to working with them and the whole group. It’s a really good group – an exciting one.”
Meanwhile, former Sunderland and Cork City Winger Seán Kennedy has signed for Kerry FC in the 2023 SSE Airtricity First Division campaign. The Kerry native will join the side ahead of their inaugural season at senior level in the League of Ireland.
Elsewhere, Ireland U21 international Tyreik Wright has been recalled from his loan spell at Bradford by his parent club Aston Villa, ahead of a reported step-up to League One level with Plymouth.
Wright has been a success for League Two Bradford this season, with four goals and two assists in 15 games helping the club to fifth and a spot in the play-offs. Mark Hughes’ side will have to complete their promotion push without Wright, however, as the forward has been recalled by Aston Villa.
His return to Villa Park is reportedly a preface to an immediate move elsewhere, with the Irish Sun reporting Wright is going to join League One Plymouth Argyle for the rest of the season. That move would bring him to the end of his current contract with Villa, which has six months left to run.
Plymouth are flying high at the top of League One, five points clear of Sheffield Wednesday in second place. Wright’s fellow Irish U21 international, Finn Azaz, is also on the books at Plymouth.
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