John Griffin (hurler)
John Griffin (born 1983) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for the Kerry senior team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Grifín | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born | 1983 (age 40–41) Lixnaw, County Kerry, Ireland | ||
| Height | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) | ||
| Nickname | Tweek | ||
| Occupation | Hurling development officer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Lixnaw Finuge Blarney | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 4 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| Cork Institute of Technology | |||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2003-2016 | Kerry | 45(357-01) | |
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:39. | |||
Born in Lixnaw, County Kerry, Griffin first played competitive hurling in his youth. He arrive don the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kerry minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2006 league. Griffin quickly became a regular member of the starting fifteen and has won two Christy Ring Cup medals and two National Hurling League medals in the lower divisions. He has been a Christy Ring runner-up on three occasions.
At the international level Griffin has played for the composite rules shinty-hurling team, winning a championship medal in 2009. At club level he is a three-time championship medallist with Lixnaw. As a Gaelic footballer Griffin is a one-time All-Ireland medallist with Finuge in the junior grade. He has also won three Munster medals and three championship medals in the intermediate and junior grades.
Back in 2003 Tweek was linked romantically to Katie Price better known as Jordan. Having met at the Rose of Tralee. He was quoted in a local newspaper as saying it was her lovely pair of eyes that really made him fall for her. Unfortunately for Tweek Jordan could not settle in Lixnaw and it was a brief but enjoyable relationship.
Honours edit
Team edit
- Lixnaw
- Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (4): 2005, 2007, 2014, 2018
- Finuge
- All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2005
- Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1): 2012
- Munster Junior Club Football Championship (2): 2002, 2004
- Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2012
- Kerry Junior Football Championship (2): 2002, 2004
- Kerry
- Christy Ring Cup (2): 2011, 2015 (c)
- National League (Division 2A) (2): 201, 2015 (c)
- National League (Division 3A) (1): 2010
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
External links edit
- http://munster.gaa.ie/winning-teams/jfclub_teams/
- http://www.sportsfile.com/id/291142/
- http://www.sportsfile.com/id/227648/