Clare have won five All-Irelands in their history, and 10s of thousands of Clare people never saw them win one. Loughnane counts himself blessed to have been around for four.
Clare hurling legend Ger Loughnane broke the habit of a lifetime on Sunday. It's not that he never lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup before.
"And it will be carried on, due to the great people in the management team led by Brian Lohan, the players, and the County Board. "But it would have been no good if that was just a little era. Anthony Daly's great team and then go back to the way Clare always were."I was talking to some of the minor team on the way up and they were telling me they don't even remember 2013.
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