Paul Clarke (Irish footballer)

Paul Clarke (born 1966 in County Dublin, Ireland) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Whitehall Colmcille club and was a senior member of the Dublin county team for a number of years, starting in 1985.

Married in 2015 to Emer Mullaney and first child born Ben Stephen Clarke in June 2016.

He went on to join Whitehall Colmcille's, his local club, and was quickly noticed and selected for the inter-county Under 14 side, with whom he went on to win an under-14 leinster title.

In 1983, he went on a tour of Australia with a colleges team, where try-outs for Australian Rules Football were held, but he was not selected.

[2] Clarke joined the Dublin senior panel in October 1985 and had his debut in a win against Donegal in a National League fixture.