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The Man Who Made This Catch Will Be A Selector For Kerry Minors Next Year

 

Tommy Griffin soaring high in the All-Ireland final of 2006.
Tommy Griffin soaring high in the All-Ireland final of 2006. Photo by Michael Donnelly

IT is one of the greatest photos of a Kerryman in Croke Park and it sometimes gets falsely attributed to the wrong man.

The catch was made by Tommy Griffin in the 2006 All-Ireland Final against Mayo and often gets mistaken for the handiwork of his West Kerry neighbour, Darragh Ó Sé.

Last night, Tommy Griffin, was named  as a selector on the new Kerry minor manager management team alongside, James Foley of Kilcummin.

Legion manager, Peter Keane, was ratified as Jack O’Connor’s successor with the minors.

Dingle man, Tommy Griffin, is a five time All-Ireland winner so will be bringing that winning pedigree to a Kerry minor dressing room going for a three-in-a-row All-Ireland titles.

Also at last night’s committee meeting, Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s, senior management team was ratified.

It will consist of Physical Trainer/Selector, Padraig Corcoran (Dingle) and Selectors, Mikey Sheehy (Austin Stacks), Diarmuid Murphy (Dingle) and Liam Hassett (Laune Rangers).

Limerick great, Ciaran Carey’s, two year tenure in charge of the senior hurlers also officially began.

His selectors were named as, Michael Conway (Lixnaw) and James McCarthy (Kilmoyley) and Damien Ryall (Abbeydorney) will continue as the Physical Trainer. A coach will be appointed at the next meeting.

Christmas Gifts: Five Great Pressies For The Kerry GAA Fanatic In Your Life

High Kings Insert

2014 was a vintage year for the Kingdom, with both the senior and minor championship trophies crossing the county bounds. 

In a place which is GAA mad, there are loads of things you can buy for that Kerry fan in your life. We picked out five of the best. 

1. Paul Galvin Poster

Check out this rather nifty poster of the Finuge man created by Welsh graphic designer, Arwyn Thomas.

Not a GAA fan, Arwyn, designed the print on request from a Kerry man buddy of his and since posting an image of the design on Twitter it has garnered some attention, not least from the man himself who retweeted the image.

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Galvin print

 

You can buy it HERE

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Spraoi insert

2. Kerry Home Jersey 2015

The new Kerry jersey will be hitting the stores soon. Here at TraleeToday we’re rather big fans of the new green and gold geansaí. Its design harks back to simpler days when there was a no nonsense approach to what our men ran out in. No doubt the jersey will be a big seller this Christmas.

Kerry Jersey

3. Sam 14 DVD

This DVD is ideal Christmas Day viewing.

With bellies full of ham and turkey, the perfect dessert must be a review of our 37th All-Ireland win. This DVD doesn’t mess about either, for a start it’s longer than Ben Hur!

It includes, in their entirety, the All-Ireland Final and our modern classic semi-final replay against Mayo with minor final highlights, plus highlights of all Kerry games, all provincial finals and the Donegal v Dublin semi-final.

Sam DVD

 

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Destination Killarney insert

4. Kerry GAA Tube Map Poster

Dingle based designers, Geepy Publishing, have come up with a map modelled on the London underground tube network which shows every Kerry All-Ireland winning team.

It’s quite easy to get lost in the sheer scope of the amount of incredible teams and players that have gone before.

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Tube Map

The poster costs €8 and can be ordered online HERE

5. Tommy Griffin’s 2007 All-Ireland Winning Jersey Signed by the Kerry Team

If you really wanted to push the boat out, you could pick up Tommy Griffin’s victorious back to back 2007 All-Champions jersey signed by him and the rest of the team. It is available HERE at the price of €300.

Signed Jersey