Tony Griffin is a former member of the Clare

Clare GAA

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

 intercounty Hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 team. He plays his club hurling with Local club Ballyea, Co. Clare.

Inter-county career

In 2000, he was called up to the Clare intercounty team under Ger Loughnane

Ger Loughnane

Ger Loughnane is a Irish hurling manager and former player. He played hurling with his local club Feakle and with the Clare senior inter-county team in the 1970s and 1980s...

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Honors

In 2006 Griffin was inducted into the GAA All-Star

GAA All Stars Awards

The All Stars Awards, currently sponsored by Vodafone, are given annually since 1971 by the Gaelic Athletic Association to the best player in each of the fifteen positions in Gaelic football and Hurling in Ireland. Additionally, one player in each code is selected as the player of the year...

 team in the Left Corner Forward position. He had been nominated for an All-Star in twice previously in 2004 & 2005.
On 16 November 2009, Griffin retired from inter-county hurling with Clare, citing a lack of 'confidence in the current management structure' as one of the main reasons for doing so.

Cycle For Cancer
In 2007, Tony took a year out of hurling to do a cycle across Canada in memory of his father Jerome who died from cancer.

External links

• Tony Griffin Foundation