Paddy O'Rourke (born 1960 in Burren, County Down) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player.
He played football with his local club Burren and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1970s until the 1990s.
He managed the Armagh senior football team from 2009 top 2012.
O'Rourke joined the Down Minor team in 1977 Down made it to the Ulster Minor Final where Down played Armagh the first game was a draw 0-08 to 1-05 Down would win the replay 0-11 to 1-06 giving O'Rourke his first and only Ulster medal Down made it the All-Ireland Final where Down Played Meath Down won 2-06 to 0-04 giving Paddy an All-Ireland he was the caption of the team in 1978 but Down got beat by Tyrone in the semi-final.
Paddy was part of the Down under 21 team that won 3 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship in a row 1977 1978 1979 Down made it the 2 finals of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship 1977 and 1979 Down were beat in 1977 by Kerry in the final.
O'Rourke joined the Down senior team in 1978, winning an Ulster title by beating Cavan in the final 2-19 to 2-12.
O'Rourke won his first and only National Football League Division 1 in 1983, beating Armagh 1-8 to 0-8.
O'Rourke won his first Dr McKenna Cup in 1987, beating Cavan 2-9 to 1-10.
Down advanced to the National Football League final in 1990 where they played Meath.
On 26 July 2012, following a defeat by Roscommon in the All-Ireland qualifiers, Armagh GAA announced his replacement by Paul Grimley.