Normally at this time of year he’d be getting ready for a county final with the club or going in for another season with Clare.
Not this October. For only the second time since their breakthrough in 2016, Ballyea will go consecutive years without winning or featuring in the last game of the county championship, while 2025 will mark the first time since 2005 that Paul Flanagan either won’t be in a Clare dressing room as a player or no intention of returning as one.
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