John Griffin (hurler)

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John Griffin
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Grifín
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born 1983 (age 4041)
Lixnaw, County Kerry, Ireland
Height 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Nickname Tweek
Occupation Hurling development officer
Club(s)
YearsClub
Lixnaw
Finuge
Blarney
Club titles
Kerry titles 4
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
Cork Institute of Technology
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2003-2016
Kerry 45(357-01)
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:39.

John Griffin (born 1983) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for the Kerry senior team.

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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

Team

Lixnaw
Finuge
Kerry

Eurovision Song Contest 1999


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