Stephen Griffin

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Stephen Griffin
Personal information
Irish name Stiofáin Ó Gríofa
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right Corner Forward
Born Letterkenny, Donegal
Club(s)
YearsClub
?–?
St Naul's
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
200?–201?
Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 2
All-Irelands 1

Stephen Griffin is a Gaelic footballer who plays for St Naul's and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team.

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He made his championship debut in 2008. [1] In the 2009 championship, he played and scored [at least] one point against Carlow in their All-Ireland qualifier meeting, then came off the bench to score a goal against Cork in their All-Ireland quarter-final encounter at Croke Park. [2] [3]

He scored a goal from a "speculative lob" against Kildare in the 2010 National Football League. [4] He also scored a goal against Tipperary, later in the same competition. [5]

A member of the Donegal panel that won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo, he was an unused substitute in the final. [6] [7]

He sustained an injury while playing for hs club in the 2013 Donegal Intermediate Football Championship final and had to be substituted. [8]

In the last round of 2015 National Football League fixtures against Mayo, Griffin came on as a substitute and scored the vital point that sent his county into the NFL semi-final at Mayo's expense. [9] [10]

Honours

Donegal

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References

  1. "Sunday's Dr McKenna Cup Round-up". RTÉ Sport. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2009. Stephen Griffin scored 1–07 for Donegal in their Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup opener at Ballybofey. Griffin, a championship debutant last year, sandwiched a second half penalty in between goals from Donegal captain Brian Roper and Ross Wherrity [sic].
  2. "Donegal 2–13 Carlow 1–06". RTÉ Sport. 4 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009. Smith tagged on a point, as the rain started came down, and it was not until late in the half when Murphy and Stephen Griffin shared out three points that Donegal got back on terms.
  3. "Cork 1–27 Donegal 2–10". RTÉ Sport. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009. Donegal plundered a second goal through substitute Stephen Griffin…
  4. Conchir, Daragh (8 March 2010). "Doyle eclipses Murphy as Kildare cruise". Irish Independent . Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  5. "Doherty vows best yet to come from Donegal". Irish Independent . 22 March 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  6. "Live updates from the All-Ireland finals at Croke Park". RTÉ Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  7. "Sam's World Tour of Donegal". Donegal Daily. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  8. McNulty, Chris (13 October 2013). "Report: Excellent Naomh Muire win Intermediate Championship". Donegal News . Retrieved 13 October 2013. …a well-drilled and disciplined performance could not be matched by St Naul's who were rocked by the enforced substitution due to injury of Stephen Griffin midway through the first half… While Griffin tapped over a free for their first score on 12 minutes, the former Donegal panelist and the St Naul's captain was forced to leave the action in the 17th minute. Griffin landed very awkwardly having taken a hit as he took an early shot at the target and his withdrawal, with a suspected broken ankle, severely blunted the edge of their knife. Griffin hobbled away at the end on crutches. The moment he left the action was the one where St Naul's lost one of the most accurate forward's[sic] in the county…
  9. Finnerty, Mike (6 April 2015). "Stephen Griffin leapfrogs Donegal into semis". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  10. Ferry, Ryan (24 March 2022). "Another pressurised final day for Donegal". Donegal News . p. 70. A late Stephen Griffin point secured a draw against Mayo in 2015 and booked a spot in the league semi-finals, while safety was earned against Monaghan despite a defeat in Castleblayney in 2016 on a day when an unlikely series of results could have led to their downfall.