James Ruane

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James Ruane is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Donegal county team.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/county/donegal/article/index/44054|title=Donegal's James Ruane|work=Hogan Stand|date=5 April 1996|volume=6|number=14}}

Ruane won an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal in 1995.{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=https://donegalnews.com/2014/08/its-all-in-the-mind-for-anthony-mcgrath/|title=It's all in the mind for Anthony McGrath|work=Donegal News|date=1 August 2014|accessdate=1 August 2014|quote=Under Donal Reid's management, McGrath – on a team that included Diver, Martin Coll, Adrian Sweeney, James Ruane and Brian Roper – won an Ulster Under-21 Championship against Cavan in 1995.|archive-date=31 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031153738/http://donegalnews.com/2014/08/its-all-in-the-mind-for-anthony-mcgrath/|url-status=dead}}

P. J. McGowan was the manager to introduce Ruane to the Donegal senior team.{{cite news|first=Sean|last=Moran|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/mcgowan-calls-it-a-day-with-donegal-1.89218|title=McGowan calls it a day with Donegal|work=The Irish Times|date=9 July 1997}}

He made a substitute appearance in the first game of Brian McEniff's last spell as Donegal manager, a league defeat to Galway in Tuam in February 2003.{{cite news|first=Keith|last=Duggan|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/meehan-adds-spark-to-galway-attack-1.347556|title=Meehan adds spark to Galway attack|work=The Irish Times|date=3 February 2003}} However, an ankle injury caused Ruane to miss the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Armagh.{{cite news|first=Gavin|last=Cummiskey|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mcdermott-back-at-centre-of-things-for-donegal-1.495623|title=McDermott back at centre of things for Donegal|work=The Irish Times|date=27 August 2003|quote=James Ruane is also ruled out with an ankle injury.}}

Ruane also played for Donegal Boston.{{cite news|url=http://hoganstand.com/Donegal/Article/Index/115064|title=Donegal Boston come of age|work=Hogan Stand|date=16 July 2009|accessdate=16 July 2009}}