Paddy O'Rourke

This article is about a football manager from Down. For the Meath footballer from Skryne, see Patrick O'Rourke

Paddy O'Rourke
Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Ó Ruairc
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right wing-back
Born	Burren, County Down
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1970s-1990s	Burren
Club Titles
Down titles	8
Ulster titles	5
All-Ireland Titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1978 1993	Down
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	3
All Irelands	1
NFL	1

Paddy O'Rourke (born 1960 in Burren, County Down) is a Northern Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football with his local club Burren and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1970s until the 1990s. O'Rourke captained Down to the All-Ireland title in 1991. He is the current manager of the Armagh senior football team.^[1]

Honours

County

3 Ulster Senior Championship 1978 1981 1991 C
1 All Ireland Senior Football Championship 1991 C
1 National Football League Division 1 1983
1 Ulster Under 21 Championship 1979
1 All Ireland Under 21 Championship 1979
1 Ulster Minor Championship 1977
1 All Ireland Minor Championship 1977
3 Dr McKenna 1987 1989 1992

Club

8 Down Senior Football Championship 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1992
5 Ulster Senior Club Championship 1983 1984 1985 1987 1988
2 All Ireland Senior club Championship 1986 1988

Manager

1 Ulster Under 21 Championship 2005 Down
1 National Football League Division 2 2010 Armagh

References

^ "Profile of Paddy O'Rourke". www.hoganstand.com. 1991-09-13. http://www.hoganstand.com/Down/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=48476. Retrieved 2009-10-03.

Sporting positions
Preceded by	Down Senior Football Captain 1982	Succeeded by Mark Turley
Preceded by	Down Senior Football Captain 1991	Succeeded by
Preceded by Pete McGrath	Down Senior Football Manager 2002-2006	Succeeded by Ross Carr
Preceded by Peter McDonnell	Armagh Senior Football Manager 2009-present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Achievements
Preceded by Larry Tompkins (Cork)	All-Ireland Senior Football winning captain 1991	Succeeded by Anthony Molloy (Donegal)

Teams

Down - All-Ireland Minor Football Champions 1977 (1st title)

1 P.Donnan \| 2 S. McNulty \| 3 A.McAufield \| 4 Sean Brunker \| 5 P. O'Rourke \| 6 M. Sands \| 7 B.McGovern \| 8 J.McCartan \| 9 P.Kennedy \| 10 E. Toner \| 11 A.Rodgers \| 12 M. McCann \| 13 T. Bradley \| 14 B. Loughran \| 15 J. Digney \| Subs used: E. McGivern \| F. Rooney \| Manager: S. O'Neill \|

Down - All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions 1979 (1st title)

1 P.Donnan \| 2 E. King \| 3 A.McAulfield \| 4 M. Sands \| 5 G.Murdock \| 6 P. O'Rourke \| 7 B.McGovern \| 8 P.Kennedy \| 9 L.Austin \| 10 J. McCartan \| 11 M. Burns \| 12 G. Blaney \| 13 P.Donnan \| 14 G. O’Hare \| 15 J. Digney \| Subs used: M. McCann \|

Down - National Football Legaue Champions 1983 (4th title)

1 J.McAleavy \| 2 E. King \| 3 T.McGovern \| 4 M.Turley(C) \| 5 P.Kennedy \| 6 P. O'Rourke \| 7 B.McGovern \| 8 L.Austin \| 9 B.Toner \| 10 J McCartan \| 11 D. Bell \| 12 G. Blaney \| 13 M. Linden \| 14 A. Rogers \| 15 B.Mason \| Manager: J. McCartan \|

Down - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1991 (4th title)

1 N. Collins \| 2 B. McKernan \| 3 C. Deegan \| 4 P. Higgins \| 5 P. O'Rourke (c) \| 6 J. Kelly \| 7 D. J. Kane \| 8 B. Breen \| 9 E. Burns \| 10 R. Carr \| 11 G. Blaney \| 12 G. Mason \| 13 M. Linden \| 14 P. Withnell \| 15 J. McCartan \| Subs used: L.Austin for B. Breen \| A. Rogers for P. Withnell \| Manager: P. McGrath \|

Down Senior Football Team Managers

P. McGrath (1989–02) P. O'Rourke (2002–06) R. Carr (2006–09) J. McCartan (2009-)

Armagh Senior Football Team Managers

J. McCorry (1991–95) B. McAlinden & B. Canavan (1995–01) J. Kernan (2001–07) P. McDonnell (2007–09) P. O'Rourke (2009)

Persondata
Name	Orourke, Paddy
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1960
Place of birth	Burren
Date of death
Place of death