Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pól Ó Durcáin[1] | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Born |
Letterkenny, Ireland | 22 April 1984||
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.
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).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.