Galway's Padraic Joyce NAME: Padraic Joyce DATE OF BIRTH: 1-4-77 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 13st 2lbs CLUB: Killererin COUNTY: Galway NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Winning All-Ireland Colleges title with St Jarlaths College in 1994; captained Tralee RTE Freshers to All-Ireland Division 2 League and Munster Freshers Championship and also All-Ireland Fresher Division 1 title 1996; All-Ireland Minor runners-up medal 1994; 2 Connacht Minor and Under 21 medals; Senior and Junior Connacht Colleges medals; captained St Jarlaths Juvenile A team to Connacht title 1992; won 1995 Senior Superleague with Killererin; received Club Player of the Year 1994; 2 Connacht Seven-A-Side winners medals with Killererin 1994 and 1995 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Has yet to occur (senior) TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Never really had any! Seriously, Pat Coyne (Mayo) was a very tough opponent FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Tuam Stadium, Croke Park is also a nice ground but bad memories! HOBBIES: In the little spare time that I do have, I just lie about relaxing and watching tv, I also play some darts and snooker FAVOURITE POSITION: Full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Peter Canavan, Gregory McCartan INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My family has a big influence. Two mates also - Billy Dunleavy and John Moggan have had big influences in pointing me in the right direction a lot of the time! St. Jarlath's manager Joe Long probably has had the biggest influence and I thank him for all he has done THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Captaining St. Jarlath's College to the Hogan Cup in 1994 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Not having won an All-Ireland minor title with Galway OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: John Concannon, Michael Donnellan and Pat Coyne WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Get rid of the niggly little fouls that slow up the game DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Inconsistency of most referees DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Brother Tommie plays for the county. My uncle Billy Joyce played midfield for Galway in the past PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: The President of the GAA on the third Sunday of September and he handing me the Same Maguire! FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'I am sick as a small hospital' - usually day after going on the beer with the lads; 'That goalkeeper wouldn't stop launching' PET HATES: Sheamas Doherty cracking his ankles!! People talking about football when they know nothing about it FAVOURITE MUSIC: Music by Robert Miles FAVOURITE FILM: Seven IDEAL DATE: Belinda Emmet would be my ideal date HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? I would like to be remembered as a legend!! Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 14th February 1997 Vol 7 No 7 Tweet

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