With his links to eight of the present Clare senior team, Paul Kinnerk has changed the terms of engagement in hurling.
Declan Bogue THERE EXISTS NO SCALE to measure these things, but the pre-match parade ahead of last year’s Munster hurling final was one of the more memorable events of its’ time with the colour and riot of colour in the Gaelic Grounds.
As a figure, Kinnerk does not stalk the hurling Badlands. His personality does not lend itself to being a frontline figure. Instead, he is happy for John Kiely to be front and centre as the Limerick manager and figurehead, a role he has thrived in when the livin’ was easy and the goin’ got tough.Back in 2010, he was coaching the Clare minors. Back in the days before even underage teams were shorouded with a blanket of anonimity and secrecy, parents could sit and watch the sessions.
“A lot of teams, a lot of club teams are guilty of trying to mimic it. But if you don’t have the players to carry it out….” Kinnerk’s football background with his Monaleen clubmate Maurice Horan sparked Horan’s interest on what Kinnerk was doing as a side project from his main hobby as a Limerick footballer.
The initial link came from his teaching maths in St Caimin’s in Shannon. There, he became friendly with Alan Cunningham. The two of them got involved with Clare underage teams,but both being sons of Limerick, were keen on helping out their own.“He is a very private person. He would be very concerned about secrecy in training, but I suppose who isn’t at county level now? But he is, especially,” says Guilfoyle.
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