Paul McGrane

Paul McGrane is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Armagh county team in the 1990s and 2000s.

[2] In 2009 to mark the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association he was named by The Irish News as one of the all-time best 125 footballers from Ulster.

[5] In 2005, McGrane helped Armagh win the National League, beating Wexford in the final.

[7] Team captain Kieran McGeeney invited McGrane to lift the Anglo Celt Cup with him after the match.

McGrane retired from inter-county football in April 2009, due to a persistent knee injury.

[12][13] In January 2015, McGrane was appointed assistant coach for the Armagh minor Gaelic football team under former county teammate Aidan O'Rourke[14] before taking on the manager's position a year later,[15] staying in this role until November 2018, when he was replaced by another former Armagh teammate Ciarán McKeever.