On Sunday, Brian Lohan joined Davy Fitzgerald - who won the MacCarthy Cup in 2013 - in following in Ger Loughnane's footsteps and leading the Banner to All-Ireland glory.
It was back in November, 2015, in a hotel in Ennis and Ger Loughnane had some time to kill. He was due to speak at the launch of Anthony Daly's autobiography and his eyes were drawn to a photograph on the wall.
"I was standing looking at it and it just struck me as absolutely exceptional,'' said Loughnane. "If you look at that pic, then six of the players went into inter-county management - Cyril Lyons, Anthony Daly, Ger O'Loughlin, Davy Fitzgerald, Ollie Baker and Brian Lohan. But, also, two of the backroom team - Tony Considine and Mike McNamara - did so as well.
On Sunday, Lohan joined Fitzgerald - who won the MacCarthy Cup in 2013 - in following in Loughnane's footsteps and leading the Banner to All-Ireland glory.
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