Paudie Clifford (
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
: ''Pádraig Ó Clúmháin'') is an Irish
Gaelic football
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er. As of 2023, he is centre back and captain of
Fossa, half forward for regional side
East Kerry and at senior level for the
Kerry county team.
He is the brother of fellow Kerry footballer
David Clifford
David Clifford (Irish: ''Daithí Ó Clúmháin'') (born 22 January 1999) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a corner-forward or full-forward at club level for Fossa and East Kerry and for the Kerry county team. He is regarded as one ...
.
Club
Clifford plays for the
Fossa GAA
Fossa GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Fossa, County Kerry, Ireland. The club is concerned with the game of Gaelic football. It is a member of the East Kerry GAA board.
History
Located four miles west of Killarney, County ...
club in
County Kerry
County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...
and for divisional side
East Kerry GAA
The East Kerry Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association caters for 13 Gaelic football clubs and 1 hurling club in the East Kerry division of the GAA county of Kerry.
History Early Years
The East Kerry Board was founded in 1925 following ...
.
He won the 2016 Kerry Junior Football Championship with Fossa. He is also a two-time winner of the
Kerry Senior Football Championship
The Kerry Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 188 ...
with
East Kerry GAA
The East Kerry Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association caters for 13 Gaelic football clubs and 1 hurling club in the East Kerry division of the GAA county of Kerry.
History Early Years
The East Kerry Board was founded in 1925 following ...
.
Kerry
Junior
As a member of the
Kerry
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* Kerry, Queensland, Australia
* County Kerry, Ireland
** Kerry Airport, an international airport in Count ...
junior team, Clifford won the 2018
All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a GAA competition involving four Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams.
Prior to a change in competition structure in 2021, the competition was previously for all Junior Gaelic football inte ...
and
Munster Junior Football Championship
The Munster Junior Football Championship is a gaelic football tournament between the six counties of Munster: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare and Waterford. It is the third-tier county teams playing off in a single-elimination tournament w ...
.
2020
Clifford made his senior debut for Kerry in 2020.
2021
Kerry won the
2021 National League and the
2021 Munster Senior Football Championship.
He won his first
All Star award at Centre Forward. He was also chosen on ''
The Sunday Game
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'' Team of the Year.
2022
Clifford's Kerry team won every competition they entered in 2022. The
2022 McGrath Cup was followed with the
2022 National Football League and the
2022 Munster Senior Football Championship
The 2022 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2022 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA. Kerry were defending champions and went on to retain the title after a 1-28 to 0-8 win agains ...
.
On 24 July, Kerry won the
2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
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, giving the county their 38th title and Clifford his first.
He was chosen on ''
The Sunday Game
''The Sunday Game'' is RTÉ's main Gaelic games television programme. It is shown on RTÉ2 every Sunday during the Football Championship and Hurling Championship seasons. It is one of RTÉ2's longest-running shows, having been on air since 1 ...
'' Team of the Year.
Third-level
During his time in third level college in
Cork
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***Wine cork
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, Clifford lined out with both
Cork Institute of Technology
Cork Institute of Technology (CIT; ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Chorcaí) was an institute of technology, located in Cork, Ireland. Upon its dissolution, the institute had 17,000 students studying in art, business, engineering, music, dram ...
and
University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork.
The university was founded in 1845 as one of ...
.
With UCC GAA, he was part of the college's 2019
Sigerson Cup
The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. ...
winning side.
Career statistics
: ''As of match played 24 July 2022''
Honours
;Fossa
*
Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship
The Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Kerry Petroleum County Premier Junior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Kerry PJFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry Count ...
(1): 2022 (c)
*
Munster Junior Club Football Championship
The Munster Junior Club Football Championship, formally known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Junior Club Football Championship, is a Gaelic football competition, organized by the Munster provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic ...
(1): 2022 (c)
*
All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition which began in 2002 and is played by the junior club champions of each county. Prior to that a number of unofficial competitions were held.
The winners of each cou ...
(1):
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
(c)
*
Kerry Junior Football Championship
Kerry or Kerri may refer to:
* Kerry (name), a given name and surname of Gaelic origin (including a list of people with the name)
Places
* Kerry, Queensland, Australia
* County Kerry, Ireland
** Kerry Airport, an international airport in County ...
(1): 2016
;East Kerry
*
Kerry Senior Football Championship
The Kerry Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 188 ...
(4):
2019
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,
2020
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,
2022
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,
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
(c)
;Kerry
*
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...
(1):
2022
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*
Munster Senior Football Championship
The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It i ...
(2):
2021
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,
2022
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*
All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a GAA competition involving four Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams.
Prior to a change in competition structure in 2021, the competition was previously for all Junior Gaelic football inte ...
(1): 2018
*
Munster Junior Football Championship
The Munster Junior Football Championship is a gaelic football tournament between the six counties of Munster: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare and Waterford. It is the third-tier county teams playing off in a single-elimination tournament w ...
(1): 2018
*
National Football League
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(2):
2021
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,
2022
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*
McGrath Cup
The McGrath Cup is a Gaelic football competition played each January in Munster
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:
2022
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;University College Cork
*
Sigerson Cup
The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. ...
(1): 2019
;Individual
*
All Star (3): 2021, 2022, 2023
*''
The Sunday Game
''The Sunday Game'' is RTÉ's main Gaelic games television programme. It is shown on RTÉ2 every Sunday during the Football Championship and Hurling Championship seasons. It is one of RTÉ2's longest-running shows, having been on air since 1 ...
'' Team of the Year (3): 2021, 2022, 2023
References
Living people
All Stars Awards winners (football)
East Kerry Gaelic footballers
Fossa Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football forwards
Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers
1996 births
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