Barry Grogan is an Irish Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 player who plays at inter-county level for Tipperary

Tipperary GAA

The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names...

, and plays his club football for Aherlow

Aherlow GAA

Aherlow GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club located in West Tipperary in Ireland. The club is part of the West division of Tipperary GAA. They have been Tipperary Senior Football champions on two occasions...

 in West Tipperary. He has a distinguished football pedigree as his father Séamus Grogan of the neighbouring Galtee Rovers 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.
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. In July 2010, in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2010

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2010

-Leinster Senior Football Championship:---------------------------------------------Connacht Senior Football Championship:-----------------------------Ulster Senior Football Championship:------------------------...

 against Dublin

Dublin GAA

Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...

 at Croke Park

Croke Park

Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...

, Grogan scored 1-5 in a 1-13 to 1-21 defeat.

Honours

• Tipperary Senior Football Championship:
  • Winner (2): 2006, 2010
• West Tipperary Senior Football Championship:
  • Winner (5): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010

External links

• Tipperary Player Profiles