[1][2] He has since worked as a coach, including with the Kerry county football team which won the Sam Maguire Cup in 2022.
Tony also cycled the entire length of Canada in 49 days raising 1.2 million euros for charity[citation needed] He played for NUI Galway in the Fitzgibbon Cup.
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.
Kerry forward David Clifford paid tribute to him after being named All Stars Footballer of the Year.
[5] In 2007, Griffin took a year out of hurling to do a cycle across Canada in memory of his father Jerome, who died from cancer.