*Rian Considine in action for Ard Scoil Rís’ Harty Cup hurlers in 2018.
There has been a strong Clare influence in each of the five Dr. Harty cup winning teams from Ard Scoil Ris in Limerick.
Amongst those who were part of their squad when the prestigious title was captured for the first time in the school’s history in 2010 were Jamie Shanahan (Sixmilebridge), Cathal McInerney (Cratloe) and Martin Moroney (Parteen).
In the years leading up to that breakthrough, they had come close with All-Ireland winning Clare players such as Conor Ryan (Cratloe), Darach Honan and Nicky O’Connell(both Clonlara) featuring prominently. However they had left the school when the breakthrough came in 2010.
Martin Moroney and Meelick’s Oisin Hickey were in the team when the school retained the title in 2011.
They were back as champions in 2014 with a team which included brothers Padraic and Micheál O’Loughlin from Clonlara, Barry Fitzpatrick from Sixmilebridge, Ian Galvin(Clonlara), Sean Phelan (Broadford) and Alex Morey (Sixmilebridge) to mention some.
All-Ireland winning handballer, Colin Crehan from O’Callaghans Mills is another who helped the Limerick school to success.
Clare players were again prominent when the title returned to the school in 2016 with current Clare senior Diarmuid Ryan one of those in the squad along with Nathan Fox from Parteen, Sean Phelan (Broadford), Padraic O’Loughlin (Clonlara), now operating in attack having filled the goalkeeper’s roll in 2014.
Clonlara’s David Fitzgerald and Cian Moriarty were also in the squad in 2016 along with Darragh Cunningham and Michael Danagher from Cratloe and Jeff Ryan (Parteen).
In the school’s most recent win in this competition in 2018, Cratloe’s Diarmuid Ryan was in the line up and by then he had been drafted into the Clare senior hurling line up where he is currently a key member, His Cratloe clubmates Rian Considine and Jack McInerney were part of that squad along with Clonlara’s Aidan Moriarty and Conor Bourke. Others who were part of that panel were Evan Keogh (Cratloe), Joe Collins and Shane Fox (Parteen), Jathan McMahon and Cillian O’Brien (Clonlara).
