Daly's golden goal

Martin Daly is regarded as Clare’s greatest ever forward; some would say their greatest ever footballer. But among a list of achievements the Lissycasey man clocked up for the Banner County, one stands out above the others

It happens all the time in the garage. A stranger will squint at him, wonder is that his somewhere familiar face, and enquire, “Are you by chance that Daly fella who scored the goal?”

There was a time where the goal’ was the one against Kerry in ’92 which ensured a cow wouldn’t be milked in Clare for a week.