Paul Curran (born 11 November 1981) is an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Tipperary senior team.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Curran won one Railway Cup medal.
Local kingpins Thurles Sarsfields provided the opposition, however, in spite of leading by six points coming into the final quarter, the game ended in a 0–14 apiece draw.
Curran made his senior debut for Tipperary on 15 April 2001 in a 0–20 to 2–8 defeat of Cork in the group stage of the National Hurling League.
[9] Curran was later included on Tipperary's championship panel and collected a set of Munster and All-Ireland medals, once again as a non-playing substitute, following respective defeats of Limerick and Galway.
He later collected a first Munster medal on the field of play as Tipperary continued their winning streak with a 2–21 to 0–19 defeat of a resurgent Clare.
For long periods Tipp looked the likely winners, however, late goals from Henry Shefflin and substitute Martin Comerford finally killed off their efforts to secure a 2–22 to 0–23 victory.
"The Cats" lost talisman Henry Shefflin early in the game due to injury, while Tipp's Lar Corbett ran riot and scored a hat-trick of goals before Noel McGrath added a fourth.
Goals by Michael Fennelly and Richie Hogan in either half gave Kilkenny, who many viewed as the underdogs going into the game, a 2–17 to 1–16 victory.
He played no part during the championship campaign which eventually saw Tipperary face an All-Ireland final draw and subsequent defeat by old rivals Kilkenny.