Barry Grogan
Personal information
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Full Forward
Born (1986-08-27) 27 August 1986
Aherlow, Tipperary
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
2003-
 Aherlow
Club titles
Tipperary titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2007-
 Tipperary
Inter-county titles
NFL 1

Barry Grogan (born 27 August 1986) is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays at inter-county level for Tipperary, and plays his club football for Aherlow in West Tipperary. He has a distinguished football pedigree as his father Séamus Grogan of the neighbouring Galtee Rovers GAA Club in Bansha won County Senior Championship honours in the 1970s and 1980s and also played for the Tipperary senior team during that period.

Career

Grogan played a key part as Aherlow claimed a historic first senior football championship success in 2006, and went on to claim a second title in 2010.[1] He played at full-forward on the 2007 Tipperary Under 21 Football team and scored 3 goals against Cork in the 2007 Munster Under 21 Football Final. He made his championship debut at corner-forward in the 2007 Munster semi-final against Cork, scoring 2 points from play.[2] In July 2010, in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2010 against Dublin at Croke Park, Grogan scored 1-5 in a 1-13 to 1-21 defeat.[3]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Last-gasp Grogan point sends Aherlow faithful into raptures". Irish Independent. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Barry Grogan Tipperary Record". Tipparchives.com. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "DUBLIN 1-21 TIPPERARY 1-13". Sunday Independent. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
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