Paul Brogan (born 5 July 1986) is a

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er who plays for the

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club and formerly for the Dublin county team.

Early life

From a famous footballing family, Brogan is the son of former All-Ireland winning and All Star player Bernard Brogan Snr and is the brother of former Dublin players

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and Bernard Jnr. His uncle Jim Brogan was also an inter-county footballer for Dublin. Alongside most of his family, Brogan has attended St. Declan's College on Navan Road.

Career

He made his senior inter-county debut as a substitute for Dublin in the

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O'Byrne Cup The Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA and first staged in 1954. The competition is named after Matt Byrne, a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of a quirk in translation, ...

against

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. He made his first start for Dublin against

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in the quarter-final of the O'Byrne Cup and scored a point in the game. Brogan won the

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title with his club

. It was the first league title in the club's history. He was on Dublin's winning team for the 2008 O'Byrne Cup winning team which defeated

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in the final. He was part of the Dublin panel that won the 2011 All-Ireland senior football championship. He was dropped from the Dublin senior football panel in October 2012.

Media Appearances

In January 2023, Brogan was announced as a contestant in the sixth series of

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. He was partnered with Georgian ballroom and Latin dancer,

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. On 5 February 2023, they were the third couple eliminated from the competition.

Honours

;Dublin *

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...

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References

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