Paul Conroy (Gaelic footballer)

Paul Conroy
Personal information
Irish name Pól Ó Conaire
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Midfield
Born 1989 (age 2627)
Galway, Ireland
Height 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
2006- St James'
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2008- Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 1

Paul Conroy is a current Gaelic football player for the Galway senior football team. Conroy was captain of the All-Ireland winning Minor team in 2007 when they narrowly defeated Derry. Conroy made his Senior championship debut against Roscommon and scored finished the game with a tally of 0-6.[1]

Conroy won an Galway Intermediate Club Championship with St. James' in 2010 and followed that up with a Connacht title.[2]

He played twice for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series.[3][4]

Conroy was named as Galway captain for the 2014 season.[5]

Honours

St James'
Galway

References

  1. "Galway 2-16 Roscommon 0-06". http://rte.ie/. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2013. External link in |work= (help)
  2. "Conroy proves cut above for St James'". http://independent.ie/. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2013. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Ireland 57-35 Australia". RTÉ Sport (RTÉ). 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  4. "Ireland 116-37 Australia". RTÉ Sport (RTÉ). 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  5. "Galway appoint Conroy as new captain". GAA. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
Preceded by
Finian Hanley
Galway Senior Football Captain
2014-present
Succeeded by
incumbent
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