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Wexford minor team and was defeated twice. Fate played a hand in Griffin taking the senior managerial position as some of the earlier favourites withdrew from the race and he got the job. Wexford hurling was in the doldrums at the time as the team hadn’t won a senior All-Ireland title since 1968 or a senior Leinster title since 1977.
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could be living in
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1642:Joe Schmidt
1598:Joe Schmidt
1578:Pete Taylor
1574:Billy Walsh
1554:Liam Sheedy
1524:Paul Doolin
1444:Seán Boylan
1063:R. Kinsella
951:M. Kinsella
882:R. Kinsella
820:S. Kavanagh
726:R. McCarthy
718:G. O'Connor
702:L. O'Gorman
678:J. O'Connor
428:26 February
390:D. J. Carey
370:All-Ireland
230:Bord Fáilte
222:Switzerland
1668:Categories
1514:Brian Cody
1484:Brian Cody
1474:Joe Kernan
1434:Brian Kerr
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398:References
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