Pauric McShea is an Irish Gaelic football pundit and former player for Aodh Ruadh and the Donegal county team. He works as a match analyst for Ocean FM. He also writes a weekly column, "McShea's Say", for the ''

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''. He played at full-back. He had a high-scoring game against Armagh in the

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. He was part of the final team as Donegal won the 1972

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. Then he captained Donegal to the 1974 Ulster Senior Football Championship. His mother is from

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. Close to Brian McEniff, McShea was part of the backroom team in 1992. He was seen on TV on his

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keeping in touch with the Donegal selectors during the

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. McShea was also winning coach of the 1996

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. He sought to succeed P. J. McGowan as Donegal manager in 1997 but withdrew and

Declan Bonner Declan Bonner (born 11 August 1965) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager. He played at senior level for the Donegal county team, winning an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1992. He later managed the Donegal county team for ...

became manager. In May 2012, the '' Irish Independent'' named him in its selection of Donegal's "greatest team" spanning the previous 50 years.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Aodh Ruadh Gaelic footballers Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football backs Gaelic football coaches Gaelic games commentators Gaelic games writers and broadcasters Irish columnists People educated at De La Salle College Ballyshannon {{Donegal-gaelic-football-bio-stub