In October 1996, Clare travelled to Belfast for the official opening of the Patrick Sarsfields club’s new pitch on Stewartstown Avenue, a two-day event, based around a challenge game against Antrim on the Sunday.

Cricket Ireland will this week decide whether their summer series against New Zealand and Pakistan can go ahead, or if they are to join the growing list of top sporting fixtures postponed or canned as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

PETER McGINNITY is his county’s only Allstar, one of the outstanding midfielders of his generation and an award-winner (at right half-forward) in 1982.