*Father and son, Dermot Coughlan. CLARE’s football cause has been well served by the Coughlan family who will once more play a central role on and off the field for Sunday’s Munster senior football final.
*John Maughan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill JOHN MAUGHAN is already considered a God in Clare football circles but his latest prediction may endear even further to the big ball enthusiasts in the county.
*Pearse Lillis. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers got their Allianz National Football League for 2022 off to a winning start.
*Clare selector, Enda Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENDA Coughlan doesn’t need any introduction to Clare football followers. The Kilmurry-Ibrickane clubman has been a key figure in on the playing fields for club and county for over twenty years.
*James Murrihy. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography JAMES MURRIHY has been appointed as the new manager of the Kilmurry Ibrickane senior footballers.
*Martin Flanagan. One of the most recognisable but understated figures associated with Clare GAA was laid to rest on Wednesday.
Clare’s players were moulded by a trust and self-belief placed in them by the management of their conquering side of 1995.
The death has taken place of one of Clare’s best known GAA officials, Noel Walsh from Miltown Malbay.
Having voted for Clare’s greatest senior hurling team, readers of The Clare Echo are now being tasked with choosing the county’s senior gaelic football team from 1990 to 2020.
*Members of the 2013 panel. Photograph: Joe Buckley Clare’s All-Ireland hurling winners from 1995, 1997 and 2013 along with provincial victors from 95, 97, 98 and the Munster football champions of 1992 are set to be allowed free entry to all GAA games within the county from next year onwards.
