Paul Shelly was an Irish sportsperson. He played

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

with his local club

Killenaule Killenaule () is a small town and civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Killenaule and Moyglass, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and the barony of Slievardagh. It is east of ...

and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the late 1990s. Shelly played for Tipperary as a defender and also as a full forward later in his career. In 1997 he was named in the Hurling All Star team in the right corner back position. He was a member of the Tipperary team the lost both the

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and All Ireland Final to

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Living people Tipperary inter-county hurlers Killenaule hurlers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Tipperary-hurling-bio-stub