Vinny Claffey

Vinny Claffey

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full Forward
Born	Doon, County Offaly
Occupation	Farmer
Club
Years	Club
	Doon
Inter-county
Years	County
1986–2003	Offaly
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	1
NFL	1
Vinny Claffey is an Irish former sportsman from Doon, County Offaly. He attended St Joseph & St Saran's Secondary School in Ferbane. [1] Claffey played Gaelic football with his home club Doon and was a member of the Offaly senior team from 1986 until 2003. [2] He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League medal in 1998. [3] During Tommy Lyons reign as Offaly manager, Claffey formed part of the full-forward line that included Peter Brady and Roy Malone.[ citation needed ] In late 2003, Offaly manager Gerry Fahey dropped Claffey from his panel. [4] Honours Senior Leinster Senior Football Championship (1): 1997 National Football League Division 1 (1): 1998 O'Byrne Cup (3): 1993, 1997, 1998 Under-21 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1988 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship (2): 1986, 1988 References "St Joseph & St Saran's Secondary School: Sports 1". "Claffey announces retirement". Hoganstand.com. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2011. Proby, Johnny (9 July 2003). "Claffey calls it a day". RTÉ. "New Offaly boss Fahey omits five key players". Irish Examiner. 19 December 2003. This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.