Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Midfield | ||
Born |
County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
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Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Nickname | Floppy | ||
Occupation | Accountant | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Ballyhegan | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1993-2008 | Armagh | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 7 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NFL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 2 |
Paul McGrane is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Armagh in the 1990s and 2000s. He won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal, seven Ulster Championships and a National League title with the county. He also won two All Star awards.
McGrane plays club football for Ballyhegan Davitts.
McGrane is a midfielder. He is known as one of Armagh's best ever players. In 2009 to mark the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association he was named by The Irish News as one of the all-time best 125 footballers from Ulster.
In 1992 McGrane won the Ulster Minor Football League and Ulster Minor Football Championship with the Armagh Minor team. Armagh finished runners-up to Meath in that year's All-Ireland Minor final. He was captain of the Minor team that year.
McGrane made his Senior inter-county Championship debut for Armagh against Fermanagh in May 1993. He won his first Ulster Senior Football Championship medal with the county in 1999 - the county's first Ulster Championship in 17 years. Armagh also defended their Ulster title the following year.