Paul Brennan (Gaelic footballer)

Paul Brennan (born 1988/9) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Réalt na Mara and the Donegal county team.

Paul Brennan
Personal information
Irish name Pól Ó Braonáin[1]
Sport Gaelic football
Position Half back
Born 1988/9
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Diver[2]
Club(s)
Years Club
201?–
 Réalt na Mara
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2017–
 Donegal
Ulster titles 2

He is not related to Jamie, with whom he has lined out for club and county.[3]

Playing career

A native of Kinlough in Leitrim, Brennan started his inter-county career with Leitrim, but transferred to the neighbouring county of Donegal after falling out with the county board. Brennan won back-to-back FBD League titles with Leitrim in 2013 and 2014.

However, he was involved with club football in neighbouring Donegal, and won the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship with Réalt na Mara in 2015.[4]

Brennan first featured for Donegal at senior level under the management of Rory Gallagher. He made his first competitive start for Donegal against Kerry in the opening round of the 2017 National Football League.[5] He scored a point in that game.[6] He made his championship debut against.

Brennan continued to feature for his county under the management of Declan Bonner. He started and scored two points in the final as Donegal won the 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship.[7] He had started all his team's earlier championship matches that year, scoring two points in the semi-final against Down.[8][9][10] He also scored a point against Galway at O'Donnell Park during the 2018 National Football League.[11]

He was an unused substitute in the victory over Meath in the 2019 National Football League Division 2 Final at Croke Park.[12][13] He had, however, featured earlier in the league camapaign, against Clare (from the start), the home fixture against Meath (as a late substitute), Tipperary, Fermanagh and Armagh (all as a substitute), Cork (from the start) and Kildare (as a substitute).[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Brennan made a second half substitute appearance in the final of the 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship, which Donegal also won.[21] He also made substitute appearances against Fermanagh in the quarter-final and against Tyrone in the semi-final.[22][23]

Honours
Leitrim
  • FBD Connacht League: 2013, 2014
Réalt na Mara
Donegal

References
  1. "Two changes for clash with Roscommon". Donegal News. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. Craig, Frank (19 July 2019). "Brennan comfortable in at the deep end". Donegal News. p. 72. The Realt na Mara man is a commercial diver by trade…
  3. RTÉ commentary when Paul Brennan appeared as a substitute during the Ulster senior final. The Sunday Game. 23 June 2019.
  4. McNulty, Chris (25 October 2015). "Bundoran show no mercy to crush Naomh Colmcille's dreams". Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  5. O'Brien, Kevin (3 February 2017). "Underage Kerry stars make the jump to senior as 4 league starting debuts handed out". The42.ie. Retrieved 3 February 2017. Jason McGee, Michael Langan and Jamie Brennan will make their senior debuts for Donegal, while Caolon[sic] Ward and Paul Brennan are set to start a competitive fixture for the first time.
  6. Foley, Alan (5 February 2017). "Geaney at the double as Kerry achieve first opening round league win under Fitzmaurice". The42.ie. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  7. Mooney, Francis (24 June 2018). "Energetic Donegal end Fermanagh's Ulster title dream". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  8. McNulty, Chris (13 May 2018). "Ulster SFC: Donegal too good for Cavan". Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  9. Mooney, Francis (27 May 2018). "McBrearty excels to fire Donegal past Derry". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  10. Mooney, Francis (10 June 2018). "14-man Donegal cruise past Down into Ulster decider". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  11. Foley, Alan (4 February 2018). "Last-gasp Galway snatch victory in Donegal to make it two from two". The42.ie. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  12. Named as Donegal's number 23 on page 19 of the official match programme.
  13. O'Brien, Kevin (30 March 2019). "Murphy masterclass helps Donegal to Division 2 glory after comeback win over Meath: 23,644 supporters watched Donegal enjoy a two-point victory over the Royals". The42.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  14. Lynch, Derrick (27 January 2019). "Missing a host of regulars, Donegal come away from Clare with victory: Declan Bonner's side did just about enough to claim their first win of the league campaign". The42.ie. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  15. Campbell, Peter (2 February 2019). "Fortuitous goal sees Donegal come back to beat Meath". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  16. Fallon, John (10 February 2019). "Casey strikes late goal as Tipp come back to shock Donegal: Victory is only Tipperary's second-ever competitive win over Donegal". The42.ie. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  17. Campbell, Peter (24 February 2019). "Fermanagh rally against 13-man Donegal to stay unbeaten in Division 2". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  18. Foley, Alan (2 March 2019). "Super sub Murphy makes decisive impact in narrow win for Donegal: Michael Murphy came off the bench to score 1-2 as his side overcame Armagh this evening". The42.ie. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  19. Hurley, Denis (16 March 2019). "Cork on brink of drop to Division 3 as Donegal power home". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  20. Branigan, Peter (24 March 2019). "Murphy masterclass fires Donegal back to top flight". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  21. Sweeney, Peter (23 June 2019). "Donegal power past Cavan to claim Ulster title". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  22. Mooney, Francis (26 May 2019). "Donegal overcome Fermanagh in Ulster arm-wrestle". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  23. Mooney, Francis (8 June 2019). "Donegal power past Tyrone to make Ulster decider". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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