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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pól Ó Brannuibh | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Full-forward | ||
Born | 1982 Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Nickname | Douill | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1999–2019 | Portaferry | ||
Club titles | |||
Down titles | 6 | ||
Ulster titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2000–2013 | Down | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 1 (Under-21) | ||
All-Irelands | 1 (Christy Ring) | ||
NHL | 1 (Division 2) |
Paul Braniff (born 1982) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a full-forward for the Down senior team.
Braniff made his first appearance for the team during the 2000 championship and has remained as a regular member of the team since then. [1] Although he has won an Ulster medals at under-21 level, Braniff has enjoyed little success with the Down senior team. Braniff scored 3–9 in the National Hurling League Division 2 Final in 2004 where Down beat Westmeath 5–15 to 3–07. Braniff led Down to their first Christy Ring Cup in 2013 in a 3–16 to 2–17 over Kerry with a Gareth 'Magic' Johnson goal in injury-time goal won it for the Ardsmen.
At club level Braniff is a five-time county championship medalist with Portaferry.
Team | Year | Ulster | All-Ireland | Total | |||
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Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Portaferry | 2000–01 | 1 | 0–5 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0–5 |
2001–02 | 1 | 2–4 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 2–4 | |
2002–03 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0–1 | |
2012–13 | 2 | 0–18 | 0 | 0–0 | 2 | 0–18 | |
2014–15 | 2 | 0–12 | 1 | 0–9 | 3 | 0–21 | |
Total | 7 | 2–40 | 1 | 0–9 | 8 | 2–9 |