Clare and Dublin didn’t play each other for 113 years and since then it’s been mostly one-way traffic
That triggered greater familiarity and later that decade during the GAA’s first experiment with round-robin fixtures – in the qualifiers rather than the provincial championships – the counties found themselves drawn together for two successive years, 2005 and ‘06, both of which were won well by Clare.
It was to everyone’s advantage that he stayed and within a year, he had led them to a first national league title in 73 years. “Just been in the dressing room there,” he said after visiting Clare. “They are young, very young. Maybe I’m too old but they are a young team. There is a great future for them there.
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