Padraic Joyce
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraic Seoighe | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
1 April 1977 Galway, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1992–2015 | Killererin | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 4 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| IT Tralee | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1997–2012 | Galway | 66 (12-229) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
Pádraic Joyce (born 1 April 1977 in Tuam, County Galway Ireland) is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer from Galway. He played his club football with Killererin.
Pádraic won his first All-Ireland Senior Football title with Galway in 1998. Galway beat Mick O'Dwyer's Kildare in the all-Ireland final in front of 65,886 fans at Croke Park by 1–14 to 1–10. Pádraic was then awarded an all-star in for his performances in 1998. Joyce's next all-Ireland was to come in 2000 when Galway faced Kerry at Croke Park. The game finished at 0–14 a-piece and the game was forced to a replay, thanks to Padraic's late free in the end, his sixth point overall. Kerry won the replay by 0–17 to 1–10 in front of 64,094 at a packed Croke Park. Despite the disappointment of losing in the final, Joyce got some glory by being awarded his second all-star award.
Galway's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship success in 2001 was the most successful year for Joyce. Galway had an impressive 0–17 to 0–08 victory over Leinster's Meath in the final at Croke Park. Joyce scored 0–10 in the final. Overall, he scored 3–45 in the Championship, 16 points clear of his nearest challenger, Ger Heavin. In recognition of his performances for Galway he was awarded the Texaco Footballer of the Year award and an All Star in 2001.
He has won the Connacht Senior Football Championship on six occasions in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2008. In November 2012 Joyce confirmed his retirement from Inter-county football after spending 15 successful years on the panel.
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