Pádraic Joyce (born 1 April 1977) is a Gaelic football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Joyce won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship twice with Galway as a player and received three All Star Awards.

In May 2020, the Irish Independent named Joyce at number sixteen in its "Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years".

[3] Joyce won his first Galway SFC medal with the club in 1999, defeating An Cheathrú Rua by four points after a replay.

2001 was his next appearance at the final stage of the Galway SFC, but a penalty miss in the second half from his cousin, Nicky Joyce, proved crucial as the club lost to Annaghdown by two points.

However, the following year, Joyce and Killererin secured the title for the fourth time in the club's history, defeating Salthill-Knocknacarra by a goal in the final.

He won a Leinster Interfirm Senior Football Championship Medal with MCR Manpower Services in 2007.

He came out of retirement at the end of 2014 to help Killererin win a relegation play-off, then began full training again ahead of the 2015 season, which he said would be his last.

[11] Years after retiring as a player, Joyce spoke about that goal to RTÉ: "The night before the final, we were sat in the room in the Berkeley Court Hotel and Match of the Day (an English television programme about sport) came on.

Donnellan was sitting across the room from me, with a bottle of tae in one hand, a chicken sandwich in the other and he managed to muster the words out, 'Oh, you'll do that tomorrow when I pass it to you and go around the keeper'.

[14] In November 2012, Joyce confirmed his retirement from inter-county football after spending fifteen years on the panel.

Arguably his finest moment in the International Rules Series came during the 2004 edition, when Joyce captained the team to a 132–82 victory over Australia.

Joyce retired from the playing side in 2005 but maintained a role within the team as part of Seán Boylan's set-up, as Connacht selector.

[19] Joyce replaced his former teammate Kevin Walsh as senior manager amid a Supermac's team sponsorship dispute in 2019, with his stated aim being to win an All-Ireland SFC.

The team's quarter-final against New York and its semi-final against Sligo could not be played due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.