The first time I ran into Henry Shefflin was in 1999. Clare played Kilkenny in a challenge in Johnstown and this young fella arrived onto my patch as a second-half sub.

I was down in Kilkenny yesterday morning for a challenge game with the Limerick minors. The match was fixed for James Stephens’ new ground on the Kells road but I hadn’t a clue where I was going, so I ended up in their old place in the city, writes Anthony Daly.

My first experience of Division 1B was Dublin’s opening game of 2013 against Offaly in Parnell Park. 

Apart from being pointless after three games, if Clare ever needed a win they were never more desperate for a result after Davy O’Halloran’s comments in a newspaper interview on Saturday morning.

As Clare and Dublin manager over the years, I had it hot and heavy with Brian Cody on the sideline a few times. 

Driving home and listening to some of the post-match interviews yesterday on RTÉ Radio 1, they didn’t appear to tell you anything yet they told you everything, writes Anthony Daly.

In one of my first years as a fair greenhorn Clare manager, I got to spent a morning at an event with Mickey Harte, says Anthony Daly.

Davy Fitzgerald is already unfairly under pressure as Clare manager, writes Anthony Daly.