Pádraigh Griffin (1975 – 22 October 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with

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and was also a member of the

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Playing career

Griffin first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with

. He also lined out as a schoolboy with Clonakilty Community College and won an All-Ireland VSFC title with the Cork

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s' team in 1994. Griffin first played for Clonakilty at adult level as a member of the junior team. He was a member of the club's senior team that won the Cork SFC title in 1996, before claiming a second winners' medal in 2009. Griffin's performances at club level earned a call-up to the Cork under-21 team in 1996. He was drafted onto the senior team in 1997. Griffin made a number of appearances in various

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campaigns before being included on the Cork

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team. He also lined out for the junior team.

Personal life and death

His father,

Pat Griffin Patrick Griffin (1944 – 29 October 2019) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Glenbeigh-Glencar and Clonakilty in County Cork and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1963 until 1974. ...

, was a two-time All-Ireland SFC medal-winner with

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in 1969 and 1970. Griffin died on 22 October 2022, at the age of 47.

Honours

;Clonakilty *

Cork Senior Football Championship The Cork Premier Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork Count ...

: 1996, 2003 *West Cork Under-21 Football Championship: 1996 (c) ;Cork *

All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship The All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship was a Gaelic Athletic Association football and hurling competition. There are two levels of competition. Individual schools compete for county, provincial and All-Ireland competitions. County teams s ...

: 1994

References

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