Paul Finlay

Paul Finlay is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Ballybay Pearse Brothers and who played at senior level for the Monaghan county team between 2002 and 2016. He is the son of the former Monaghan footballer Kieran Finlay, known as Jap. He won an All-Ireland title with the Monaghan Vocational Schools, played a role in Sligo IT's Sigerson Cup win in 2002 and has won minor and intermediate medals with Ballybay Pearse Brothers. He was first selected for the Monaghan senior team in 2003 and was regarded as the team's playmaker, taking part in their 2005 National Football League Division Two win, Monaghan's first national title in twenty years. In 2008 he was called up to the Ireland international rules football team as a replacement for Tommy Walsh of Kerry.