Paul Delaney (hurler)

Paul Delaney, born on 27 November 1966, is an Irish retired hurler whose league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team spanned eleven seasons from 1986 to 1997. He first appeared for the Roscrea club at juvenile and underage levels and later its senior team, though he ended his club career without a county championship medal. Selected for the Tipperary minor team in 1984, he won an All-Ireland under-21 medal in 1985 and made his senior debut in the 1986 to 87 league. The highlight of his eleven-year senior career came in 1991 when he won his sole All-Ireland medal, and he also won five Munster medals and one National League medal. First chosen for Munster in 1987, he was an automatic choice on the starting fifteen for a number of years and won one Railway Cup medal. He is a keen Manchester United supporter and also plays golf at his local club in Roscrea.