| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Paul Braniff | |
| Irish: | Pól Ó Brannuibh |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 0 |
| Nickname: | Douill |
| County: | Down |
| Province: | Ulster |
| Club: | Portaferry |
| Clposition: | Half forward |
| Clyears: | 1999–2019 |
| Clcounty: | 6 |
| Clprovince: | 1 |
| Counties: | Down |
| Icposition: | Full-forward |
| Icyears: | 2000–2013 |
| Icprovince: | 1 (Under-21) |
| Icallireland: | 1 (Christy Ring) |
| Nhl: | 1 (Division 2) |
| Birth Date: | 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland |
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 a 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Portaferry | 2000-01 | 1 | 0-05 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-05 | |
| 2001-02 | 1 | 2-04 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 2-04 | ||
| 2002-03 | 1 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | ||
| 2012-13 | 2 | 0-18 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-18 | ||
| 2014-15 | 2 | 0-12 | 1 | 0-09 | 3 | 0-21 | ||
| Total | 7 | 2-40 | 1 | 0-09 | 8 | 2-49 | ||