John Griffin: I want to build something with the Kerry hurlers

Griffin was recently named as the Kerry senior hurling manager.

THY KINGDOM COME: John Griffin is looking to lay a foundation for Kerry Hurling. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

John Griffin is the first Kerry native to be appointed to the post of Kerry senior hurling manager since Maurice Leahy took up the role in 2007.

John Meyler, Tom Howard, Eamon Kelly, Fintan O’Connor and Stephen Molumphy have all come from outside the Kingdom in recent years.