Defensive uncertainty could cost Clare dearly

ON Wednesday, Seánie McMahon, Liam Doyle and I sat down with John Fogarty, of this parish, in Dromoland Castle. We rolled back the good times, regaled ourselves with old stories and rekindled those magical flames which burned in our hearts throughout our Clare careers (the details of the conversation appear elsewhere on the Irish Examiner website today).

I’m sure John could see the chemistry that still exists between the three of us. We were laughing at each other, just having the craic. The last time we spent time together was the night of my book launch in 2014. Someone took a photograph of us that evening in the Temple Gate hotel, which brilliantly captured the unique connection we had.

We had less hair and a lot more girth than during our playing days, but that photo meant so much to me that I’ve used it as the picture on my Twitter handle ever since.