Pauric McShea

Pauric McShea is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Aodh Ruadh and Donegal.

Pauric McShea
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full-back
Club(s)
Years Club
19??–19??
 Aodh Ruadh
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
196?–19??
 Donegal
Ulster titles 2

He played at full-back.[1]

He had a high-scoring game against Armagh in the 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

He captained Donegal to the 1974 Ulster Senior Football Championship.[2][3]

His mother is from County Tyrone.[4]

Close to Brian McEniff, McShea was part of the backroom team in 1992.[4][5] McShea was also the winning manager of the 1996 Donegal Senior Football Championship.[5] He sought to succeed P. J. McGowan as Donegal manager in 1997 but withdrew and Declan Bonner became manager.[6]

In May 2012, the Irish Independent named him in its selection of Donegal's "greatest team" spanning the previous 50 years.[7]

References
  1. O'Connell, Cian (19 July 2017). "Paul McGettigan served Donegal and Galway". Retrieved 19 July 2017. So with about 10 minutes to go I was brought on, basically at the insistence of Padraig[sic] McShea, the full back, who came out to the line and told them to introduce me.
  2. McLaughlin, Gerry (23 January 2019). "Former Donegal captain Pauric McShea disappointed at county's call over Croke Park neutral status". The Irish News. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. "Pauric McShea". Hogan Stand. 16 October 1994. Pauric went on to captain the Ulster title winning Donegal team of '74…
  4. Crowe, Dermot (26 May 2013). "History on both sides of divide". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2013. 'So me [McEniff] and Pauric McShea (who played for Donegal in '73), whose mother is from Tyrone, we were in the middle of these supporters and the crack would have been 90, no bitterness, just banter'.
  5. Moran, Sean (9 July 1997). "[P. J.] McGowan calls it a day with Donegal". The Irish Times. Speculation as to [McGowan's] successor has already begun… Selectors from '92, Seamus Bonner and Micahel[sic] Lafferty have also been mentioned, as has Padraig[sic] McShea, a close associate and former playing colleague of McEniff's, who impressed when coaching Killybegs to a county title last year.
  6. McNulty, Chris (22 September 2017). "Declan Bonner: It'll be 'all or nothing' for Donegal's 'half mad' new manager". Retrieved 22 September 2017. Anthony Molloy, Tom Connaghan[sic] and Pauric McShea all withdrew from the race and Pat Conaghan, the then county Chairman, informed Bonner at 9.29pm that he was the new Donegal manager.
  7. "GAA: Donegal's greatest team of the past 50 years named". 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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