Career
He played hurling and Gaelic football with his local club Saint Rynagh"s and with the Offaly senior inter-county teams from the 1980s until the early 2000s. Duignan served as manager of the Meath senior hurling team from 2001 until 2003. He has since become a Gaelic games pundit for RTÉ.
Club Duignan played his club hurling with the famous Saint Rynagh"s club in Banagher.
He enjoyed some success at underage levels before winning a senior county title in 1987. Shortly after his retirement from inter-county hurling in 2001 Duignan, who at that stage was living in Naas, County Kildare, transferred to the Raheen club in Kildare.
In 2004 he moved clubs again, this time to Durrow where he expected to end his career, however, in 2006 Duignan returned to his native club of Saint Rynagh"son Inter-county The most embarrassing of these defeats wa sin 1989 when an unfancied Antrim team got the better of Offaly.
Offaly were back in 1995 winning another Leinster title, however, in the All-Ireland final victory went to Clare.
In 2000 the old foes of Offaly and Kilkenny met again in both the Leinster and All-Ireland finals, however, this time Kilkenny emerged victorious in one of the most one-sided All-Ireland finals in decades. In 2001 Duignan decided to retire from inter-county hurling. In retirement from playing Duignan maintained a keen interest in the game.
He was appointed manager of the Meath senior hurling team in 2001, shortly after his retirement from playing.
During his tenure in charge Meath managed a dramatic Leinster championship victory over Laois in Páirc Tailteann. The team also put up a creditable performance against Offaly and hopes were high that they would make further progress.
Duignan, however, and the Meath County Board had major public clashes towards the end of his term in charge, after the board fixed senior club football championship games just 24 hours before Meath hurlers were due to play Antrim in a crucial National Hurling League match. As a result of this key players were expected to play for their clubs a day prior to the Antrim game.
Duignan is also a regular contributor to Raidió Teilifís Éireann"s Gaelic Games programme The Sunday Game.