*Anthony Daly on commentary duty with Marty Morrissey. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography
ANTHONY Daly has addressed recent gossip following a minor health scare.
Clareโs two-time All-Ireland winning senior hurling captain of 1995 and 1997 is recovering after a seizure in recent weeks.
Dalo has built up a loyal following of listeners to his regular hurling podcast for The Irish Examiner which features Limerickโs TJ Ryan, 1999 All-Ireland winning Cork captain Mark Landers and ex Tipperary goalkeeper Ken Hogan.
His absence from the podcast over the past three weeks combined with plenty of whispers fuelled a rumour mill regarding the health of the Clarecastle native.
Thereโs been a missing person in Clare for the last two weeksโฆ. But heโs back! @DaloAnto now going through all the rumours about his demise. On @ExaminerSport from 2pm. pic.twitter.com/dsPIsz5Wvt
โ Larry Ryan (@RyanLarry) December 6, 2021
โI got a bit of a knockout, as they say in Tipperary. But Iโm back,โ Dalo announced to listeners of the podcast. โJust to clear upโฆ. I didnโt get a triple bypass. I didnโt get a brain tumour. I didnโt die four times in the ambulance. I didnโt even go in an ambulanceโ.
He confirmed that he is on the mend and is not allowed to drive as a precautionary measure. โI got a slight seizure of some sort. Theyโve a lot of tests done on me, but I think Iโm good. Iโm on a few tablets and I canโt drive for a small while as a precautionโ.
Rumours seemed to get more wild as time went on, the former Clare and Dublin senior hurling manager outlined. โAs my brother Martin says, no one takes away from the story anyway. As he says, โEvery time I meet someone, something new has gone wrong, worse again. You died twice in the ambulance, then you died four timesโ. But no, I didnโt go in any ambulanceโ.
Coupled with the inaccurate reports locally were plenty of well-wishes, he acknowledged. The amount of goodwill as well as gossip is unreal. And a word too for the staff in the University Hospital in Limerick. It gets a bad press at times. We know itโs overcrowded, because itโs covering Clare and Tipp as well as Limerick, a huge area. It can be hectic to get through A&E but the care in there was unbelievableโ.