Paul Sharry (born 14 January 1989) is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er who plays for the Westmeath county team. Sharry played in his youth team active football and was contracted with Cherry Orchard. He joined

Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional Association football, football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is List of football clubs by competit ...

in 2007 and played with the club in the

League of Ireland The League of Ireland is a national association football Sports league, league consisting of professional clubs in the Republic of Ireland and Derry, Derry City in Northern Ireland. It is governed by the Football Association of Ireland. It was ...

Playing career

The St Loman's GAA clubman represented

Westmeath GAA The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Westmeath. The county board is also responsible for the ...

at senior level and played in the NFL division 3 final in 2011. Sharry represented the

Ireland national Australian rules football team The Irish national Australian rules football team represent Ireland in Australian rules football and is selected from the best Irish born and raised players primarily from the clubs of the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland but also ...

, that won the

2011 Australian Football International Cup The 2011 Australian Football International Cup (also known as the AFL International Cup 2011 or IC11) was the fourth edition of the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition run by the Australia ...

and kicked three goals in the tournament. He was selected on the International Cup All Star Team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharry, Paul 1989 births Living people Gaelic footballers who switched code Irish players of Australian rules football Westmeath inter-county Gaelic footballers St Loman's Gaelic footballers Cherry Orchard F.C. players Shamrock Rovers F.C. players League of Ireland players Men's association football players not categorized by position Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Sportspeople from Mullingar 21st-century Irish sportsmen