sentences:  He retired at the end of the season to attempt to launch a career in coaching, though he failed to find a position at club level to supplement his part-time role coaching the Republic of Ireland national team.He later played at a semi-professional level in Ireland, joining Waterford United in September 1981, and then Limerick in November 1982.Conroy won his first international cap under manager Mick Meagan on 7 October 1969, playing in a 3–0 World Cup qualification defeat to Czechoslovakia in Prague.