Paul Finlay
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Right Half Forward | ||
| Born | Monaghan, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Nickname | Jap | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Ballybay Pearse Brothers | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Monaghan titles | 1 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| IT Sligo | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 2003- | Monaghan | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Paul Finlay is an Irish Gaelic footballer from County Monaghan. He plays his club football for Ballybay Pearses and his inter-county football for the Monaghan senior team.
Finlay is the son of former Monaghan footballer Kieran "Jap" Finlay.[1] He won an All-Ireland title with the Monaghan Vocational Schools and played a prominent role in Sligo IT's Sigerson Cup success in 2002.[1] He has also won Minor and Intermediate medals with Ballybay Pearses.[1] Finlay was first selected for the Monaghan senior team in 2003.[1] He is regarded as the team's playmaker[2] and played a starring role in their 2005 National Football League Division Two win, Monaghan's first national title in twenty years.[3] In 2008 Finlay was called up to the Ireland international rules football team as a replacement for Tommy Walsh of Kerry.[4]
Honours
- Ulster Senior Football Championship 2014
- Ulster Senior Football Championship (2): 2013, 2015
- National Football League, Division 2 (2): 2014, 2005
- National Football League, Division 3 (1): 2013
- Monaghan Senior Football Championship (1): 2012
References
- 1 2 3 4 Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 25/07/2008 - 08:48:29 (2008-07-25). "Monaghan make one change as Finlay returns". Thomas Crosbie Media. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ↑ "Monaghan claim stunning Division 2 victory". RTÉ. 2005-05-01. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ↑ "Finlay called up to Ireland squad". RTÉ. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2009-01-07.