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Tony Griffin
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Transworld Ireland (27 May 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1848270895
  • ISBN-13: 978-1848270893
  • Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 2.5 x 23.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 370,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The revealing and inspirational autobiography of Tony Griffin, Clare 'All Star' hurler, charity activist and well-known Irish media personality.

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- He's a champion sportsman at the highest level - a Clare 'All Star', playing one of the world's fastest, most challenging sports - hurling.

- He's cycled 7,000 km across a continent in 51 days.

- He's raised almost €1 million for cancer charities.

- He's Tony Griffin.

Tony Griffin is a man of remarkable drive and determination, but during the course of four extraordinary, turbulent years, he was tested to the limit . . .

Following his beloved father's death in 2005, Tony Griffin made the momentous decision to postpone his studies and devote himself to the sport he loved, hurling. Driven to succeed, before long he'd become the sport's first modern full-time player, and secured a coveted All Star award.

But to the dismay of many, at the peak of his career Griffin took a year out of the game and set himself another, almost impossible challenge: he'd cycle across the second largest landmass on earth - Canada, and raise €1 million for cancer charities in memory of his late father. This punishing 7,000km ride would prove to be more testing than he could ever have imagined. On his return to Ireland Griffin was plagued by serious injury and self-doubt. It was then that he knew he would have to dig deep if he was ever to fulfil his dreams and his potential.

Beautifully written and intensely moving, Screaming at the Sky is a story of courage, of love and loss, and of battles won and lost both on and off the field. It is also the story of how one man faced his demons and finally found peace with himself and the world.

'An extremely inspirational, moving and motivational read. Tony passionately shows how sport can bring all of us such strength, power and belief in times of dire need.' - Paula Radcliffe, Marathon world-record holder


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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A journey told with honesty, integrity, human spirit and truth about the ups and downs Tony faced as an athlete, a team member, a son and a man in an incredibly challenging time in his life. His stamina, determination and the belief in being positive in action even whilst self-doubt raged within is what makes him both a hero and human!

I loved the honesty and style of writing that spoke to me and I laughed out loud about a comment a team member said about 'positive stuff'! Read it, enjoy it and you will read how one man found peace to be with himself and with the world around him.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I'm a Waterford hurling fan, so reading about Clare hurlers isn't normally top of my list. However this book was a cracking read. Tony writes very honestly for a young guy. The message I took from the book is that you can do whatever you want - your mind is the only limit. Tony pushed himself to be the first full time hurler, and then moved onto a cycling challenge across Canada. The impact of his dad's death from cancer is a strong influence throughout his life and how he deals with that is really interesting. An inspirational book for anyone who's in to sport - after reading it you'll definately think bigger.
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Interesting guy 13 Sep 2010
I found Tony to be a very intense and interesting guy.His take on the GAA and county loyalties and expectations is spot on and i like the place he ended up in on the hurling field.He worked out the only person he could awnser to was himself and he then stopped being so harsh on evaluating his input.The reader also gets the feeling that no matter what he meets by way of adversity Tony will do very well in life as he is a very intelligent and rounded person.Some of the stuff in the book is very honest and unusally frank for somebody of a rural Irish GAA background and he hides very little of himself from the reader.Avery good and interesting read.
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