Paddy McGrath

Paddy McGrath is an Irish Gaelic footballer born on 2 February 1989 who plays club football for Ard an Rátha in County Donegal and formerly played for the Donegal county team. He is not from a footballing family; his club's under-10 manager persuaded him as a child that he could be more than a spectator, and he later played Sigerson Cup football for GMIT. He reached the 2010 All-Ireland Under-21 final with Donegal, made his senior debut that year and, under manager Jim McGuinness, became a defensive regular who won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, five Ulster Senior Football Championships between 2011 and 2019 and two National Football League Division 2 titles. An anterior cruciate ligament injury in 2019 interrupted his career, and he later announced his retirement from inter-county football.