Paul Griffin is an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

er. He was educated at Oatlands College

Oatlands College

Oatlands College is an all boys Christian Brothers school located in Mount Merrion and close to Stillorgan, Co. Dublin. It is situated along the Dublin Road which leads onto the Stillorgan Shopping Centre....

, Stillorgan, and University College Dublin, where he graduated in Physiotherapy. He plays for club side Kilmacud Crokes and plays left full-back for Dublin

Dublin GAA

Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...

 although he started his Dublin career in the half-back line. He has been one of Dublin's most consistent performers since making his Dublin debut in 2004. He has won the Leinster senior football championship with Dublin on two occasions in 2005 and 2006. He was on the Kilmacud Crokes side that won the 2006 Leinster Senior club football championship. He has won the Dublin club football championship with the Crokes on two occasions, 2004 and 2005. Paul Griffin captained Dublin's U-21 football side in 2004.http://www.hill16.ie/viewstoryhill16.asp?mainheading=Word+on+The+Hill&id=3398&viewstory=yes Griffin was nominated for a 2006 all-star award. Griffin was named on the 2006 Dublin Bus/Evening Herald Blue Star

Dublin Blue Stars

The DUBLIN BUS/EVENING HERALD DUBS STARS FOOTBALL/HURLING are the players chosen as the top Gaelic football and hurling players in the in their given position in the year that the Blue stars awards are awarded. The Dublin Blue Stars are a similar award to the GAA All Stars Awards which are awarded...

 football XV at right half-back.http://www.hill16.ie/viewstoryhill16.asp?id=7540&mainheading=Word+on+The+Hill&viewstory=yes He won the 2007

O'Byrne Cup 2007

-First Round:The first round saw the withdrawal of Kilkenny who were then replaced by Dundalk IT. Dundalk IT later dropped out of the competition which means that Wexford go on to play in the Quarter final on January 4, 2007. The first match of the O'Byrne Cup was played between Carlow and Wicklow...

 O'Byrne Cup

O'Byrne Cup

The O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA. The competition is named after Matt O'Byrne, a former Wicklow GAA club officer. Participants include the twelve county teams and four colleges. The O'Byrne Cup 2011 champions are Kildare, who beat Louth in the final by...

 for Dublin against Laois at O'Connor Park

O'Connor Park

O'Connor Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland. It is one of the principal grounds of the Offaly GAA Gaelic football and hurling teams. The ground was opened in 1934. and currently has a capacity of 20,000....

 in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 against Laois.
In April 2009 he was named by Dublin football manager Pat Gilroy as captain for the 2009 season.
He played hurling for Dublin up to minor level but eventually he committed to football.

Honours

He won the Leinster Minor football championship with Dublin in 2001.http://leinster.gaa.ie/photo_2001.htm Griff has won five Leinster Senior Football Championship

Leinster Senior Football Championship

The GAA Leinster Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council and are played during the summer months. The competition involves the counties of...

 medals, one All-Ireland U-21 Football Championship and two Leinster U-21 Football Championship

Leinster Under-21 Football Championship

For information on the latest U-21 championship see: Leinster U21 Football Championship 2007The Leinster Under-21 Football Championship is the Under 21 "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland...

 medals. At club level he has won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament run since 1971, played between the thousands of senior football clubs in Ireland. The current champions are Crossmaglen Rangers of Armagh, who defeated St. Brigid's of Roscommon on March 17, 2011 to win their...

, two Leinster Club Football Championship and three Dublin Senior Football Championship medals. He also won a county division one championship medal with Crokes in 2008, one Leinster Colleges' Hurling championship, one U-16, U-21 and minor football championships too.