Paul Durcan (Gaelic footballer)

Paul Durcan
Personal information
Irish name Pól Ó Durcáin[1]
Sport Gaelic football
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1984-04-22) 22 April 1984 (age 40)
Letterkenny, Ireland
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Nickname Papa[2]
Occupation Quantity surveyor
Club(s)
Years Club Apps (scores)
2000–2015
2015–2016
2019
2020–
Four Masters
Ballyboden St Enda's
Ballyboden St Enda's
Drumcliffe–Rosses Point
100 (0-0)
Club titles
Dublin titles 1
Leinster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Colleges(s)
Years College
c. 2005
Sligo IT
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2004–2015
2019–
Donegal
Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1
All Stars 2

Paul Durcan (born 22 April 1984) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and coach who plays as goalkeeper for Drumcliffe–Rosses Point and, formerly, for the Donegal county team.

A member of the Donegal county team (senior) since 2004,[3] he has also played soccer for Finn Harps in the League of Ireland.[4]

Durcan has won two All Stars, one All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, three Ulster Senior Football Championships (2011, 2012 and 2014) and one National Football League with his county.

Until transferring to Ballyboden St Enda's in 2015, Durcan played his club football with Four Masters, with whom he won a Donegal Senior Football Championship in 2003. With Ballyboden St Enda's Durcan won a Dublin Senior Football Championship and Leinster Senior Club Football Championship (both 2015) and then an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 2016. He lives in County Sligo, and made his championship debut for the Drumcliffe–Rosses Point club in 2020.

  1. ^ "Countdown to Croker: Donegal name 'team' for All-Ireland final". 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference set_for_100th_appearance was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Donegal win National League title". BBC Sport. 22 April 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Finn Harps to take on All-Ireland champions". Ocean FM. 15 November 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012. Donegal goalkeepers Paul Durcan and Michael Boyle both spent some time on the books at Finn Park, while forward Patrick McBrearty and defender Frank McGlynn have turned out for Harps underage teams in the past.