Anthony Daly: Eoghan Gunning has captained Clare to minor and U20 titles. Can he complete the triple?

After only dreaming of days like these for so long, everyone in Clare is entitled to believe that anything is possible

Eoghan Gunning lifts the James Nowlan Cup after Clare beat Galway to win the All-Ireland U20 Championship. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

As a young fella from Clarecastle, I can still vividly remember going to Munster U21 games to support Clare. The feeling coming home after was mostly of devastation but I can recall the odd day when Clare did win and I was walking out of Thurles or Kilmallock or the Gaelic Grounds nearly floating on air.

That was a different time because, apart from the Munster minor win in 1981, we had no history of success in Clare, at any level. That has all changed in the last three decades, so much so that the feeling after Sunday's All-Ireland win was just cloaked in satisfaction rather than any mad outburst of elation.