Exhibit 32.1

Paragon Offshore plc, a company registered under the laws of England and Wales

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Paragon Offshore plc, a company registered under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016, as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Dean E. Taylor, Interim President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

March 10, 2017	/s/ Dean E. Taylor
	Dean E. Taylor
	Interim President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
	of Paragon Offshore plc, a company registered under the laws of England and Wales