John Griffin (hurler)

John Griffin

Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó Grifín
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	1983 (age 40–41) Lixnaw, County Kerry, Ireland
Height	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Nickname	Tweek
Occupation	Hurling development officer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Lixnaw Finuge Blarney
Club titles
Kerry titles	4
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	Cork Institute of Technology
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (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.

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

• Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (4): 2005, 2007, 2014, 2018

Finuge

• All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2005
• Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1): 2012
• Munster Junior Club Football Championship (2): 2002, 2004
• Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2012
• Kerry Junior Football Championship (2): 2002, 2004

Kerry

• Christy Ring Cup (2): 2011, 2015 (c)
• National League (Division 2A) (2): 201, 2015 (c)
• National League (Division 3A) (1): 2010

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

External links

• http://munster.gaa.ie/winning-teams/jfclub_teams/
• http://www.sportsfile.com/id/291142/
• http://www.sportsfile.com/id/227648/