Paul Conroy (Gaelic footballer)

Paul Conroy is an Irish Gaelic footballer, born on 22 May 1989, who plays at senior level for the Galway county team and works as a teacher of Irish and business at Coláiste Bhaile Chláir in Claregalway. He captained the Galway team that won the 2007 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, made his senior championship debut against Roscommon and played twice for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series. He won the Galway Intermediate Club Championship with St James' in 2010 and a Connacht club title, and was named Galway captain for 2014. With Galway he has won seven Connacht Senior Football Championships, and at the end of the 2024 season he won an All Star and was named GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year.