James Ruane is an Irish former
Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
er who played for the
Donegal county team.
Ruane won an
Ulster Under-21 Football Championship
The Ulster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Ulster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest in ...
with Donegal in 1995.
P. J. McGowan was the manager to introduce Ruane to the Donegal senior team.
He made a substitute appearance in the first game of
Brian McEniff
Brian McEniff (born 1 December 1942) is a former Gaelic football manager, administrator and player.
McEniff played as a wing-back for the St Joseph's combination of clubs from Bundoran and Ballyshannon. He won seven Donegal Senior Football C ...
's last spell as Donegal manager, a league defeat to
Galway
Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...
in
Tuam
Tuam ( ; ga, Tuaim , meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is west of the midlands of Ireland, about north of Galway city. Humans have lived in the area since the Bron ...
in February 2003. However, an ankle injury caused Ruane to miss the
2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 117th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter county, inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 4 ...
semi-final against
Armagh
Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...
.
Ruane also played for
Donegal Boston
Donegal Boston GFC is a Gaelic football club which was founded in 1988 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Boston is the second largest division of the GAA on the North American continent, after New York.
They train on Malibu Beach, Dorchester.
Among ...
.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Donegal Boston Gaelic footballers
Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers
Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
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