Martin Griffin (1953/4 – 6 November 2021) was an Irish

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er who played for Seán Mac Cumhaills of Ballybofey and the Donegal county team. He won three

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medals with his county, each in a different decade: 1974, 1983 and 1990. He won the last of those at the age of 36. He could play in the full-back position or in midfield. For the second Ulster title he was playing in midfield. He could fetch, kick and had quick hands. Griffin won a Donegal Senior Football Championship with his club in 1977. He was from Stranorlar. A grandfather, he was married to Margaret and had two daughters Ann Marie and Donna, while his mother May, five brothers and four sisters outlived him. Griffin died suddenly on 6 November 2021, at the age of 67. A minute's silence was held in memory of Griffin before the final of the

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the following day. He was buried later that week at Drumboe Cemetery in Stranorlar, after funeral mass at the Church of Mary Immaculate.

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