Paul Barden

For the member of the Washington House of Representatives, see Paul Barden (politician).

Paul Barden

Personal information
Position	Forward
Born	(1980-07-01) 1 July 1980 (age 44) County Longford, Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Longford titles	3	5
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1999 - 2015	Longford
Inter-county titles
	Football	Hurling
League titles	2

Paul Barden (born 1 July 1980)^[1] is a former Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Longford county team from October 1998 until February 2015 when he announced his retirement. He was the longest serving inter-county player in the country until his retirement. He won an O'Byrne Cup medal with them in 2000, he also won 2 O'Byrne Shield medals in 2006 and 2007. He was also a member of the Ireland international rules football team in 2002 and 2006.^[2] He also won a Railway Cup with Leinster in 2001 and 2002.^[3] In 2011, he captained Longford to victory over Roscommon in the National Football League Div 4 final at Croke Park and in 2012, Longford were back at Croke Park, this time for the Division 3 final and again won beating Wexford with Barden once again captain.^[4]

He plays his club football with Clonguish^[5] with whom he won 3 Longford Senior Football Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2009. He also plays hurling with the club and won Longford Senior Hurling Championships in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2019 .^[6]

In 2020 he was voted the best Longford Footballer of the past 50 years (1970-2020) in an Irish Independent poll of top 20 Longford footballers.^[7][8]

Honours

• 3 Longford Senior Football Championships (2003, 2004, 2009)
• 5 Longford Senior Hurling Championships (2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2019)
• 2 Railway Cups (2001, 2002)
• 2 O'Bryne Cup Shields (2006, 2007)
• 1 O'Byrne Cup (1999)
• 1 National Football League Division 4 (2011) [c]
• 1 National Football League Division 3 (2012) [c]
• 1 May Player of the Month (2012)

References

1. "Barden, Paul". Hoganstand.com. 31 May 2000. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
2. "Barden's faithful ambition". Hoganstand.com. 4 November 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
3. "Barden wins second Railway Cup medal". Hoganstand.com. 7 November 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
4. "County Football Teams". Longford Gaelic Stats.
5. "Longford SFC final: Barden rescues Clonguish". Hoganstand.com. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
6. "Barden stars in Clonguish hurling success". Hoganstand.com. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
7. "Individual Honours". Longford Gaelic Stats.
8. "GAA Top 20: Hanniffy, Barry or Barden - who is the greatest Longford footballer of the last 50 years?". independent.