Paul Clancy - A game. A club. A life

It is only in times of monumental feeling that the village erects its colours in force. They were everywhere last October after their remarkable county triumph. This week Maigh Cuilinn’s green and white carried a different meaning.

Paul Clancy was the parish's most decorated player. Tributes and shrines to his legacy were visible around the village all week. A board displaying three jerseys on the Spidéal Road where he once lived: DIT Sigerson, Maigh Cuilinn, Galway. Above them hung a gorgeous pair of red and black Copas with the tongue. Any player who could pass like Clancy could needed a boot with class.

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