James Ruane

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James Ruane
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Sport Gaelic football
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
199?–200?
 Donegal

James Ruane is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Donegal county team. [1]

Ruane won an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal in 1995. [2]

P. J. McGowan was the manager to introduce Ruane to the Donegal senior team. [3]

He made a substitute appearance in the first game of Brian McEniff's last spell as Donegal manager, a league defeat to Galway in Tuam in February 2003. [4] However, an ankle injury caused Ruane to miss the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Armagh. [5]

Ruane also played for Donegal Boston. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Donegal's James Ruane". Hogan Stand . Vol. 6, no. 14. 5 April 1996.
  2. ↑ McNulty, Chris (1 August 2014). "It's all in the mind for Anthony McGrath". Donegal News . Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2014. Under Donal Reid's management, McGrath – on a team that included Diver, Martin Coll, Adrian Sweeney, James Ruane and Brian Roper – won an Ulster Under-21 Championship against Cavan in 1995.
  3. ↑ Moran, Sean (9 July 1997). "McGowan calls it a day with Donegal". The Irish Times .
  4. ↑ Duggan, Keith (3 February 2003). "Meehan adds spark to Galway attack". The Irish Times .
  5. ↑ Cummiskey, Gavin (27 August 2003). "McDermott back at centre of things for Donegal". The Irish Times . James Ruane is also ruled out with an ankle injury.
  6. ↑ "Donegal Boston come of age". Hogan Stand . 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
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