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Paul Brogan (born 5 July 1986) is a
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er who plays for the
St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh St Oliver Plunkett/Eoghan Ruadh (Irish: ''Naomh Oilibhéar Pluincéad, Eoghan Ruadh'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated on the Navan Road on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. St Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh senior football team a ...
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
St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh St Oliver Plunkett/Eoghan Ruadh (Irish: ''Naomh Oilibhéar Pluincéad, Eoghan Ruadh'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated on the Navan Road on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. St Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh senior football team a ...
. 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

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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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Leinster Senior Football Championship The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA ...
(3): 2008, 2009,
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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, ...
(1):
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References

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