O’Keeffe back in the big time

AFTER an inter-county career which earned him All-Ireland medals with Kerry, Declan O’Keeffe was looking for a footballing outlet to keep him in shape in Clare where he was stationed as a garda.

O’Keeffe back in the big time

He threw his lot in with Clooney-Quin, his local club, but the football declined after they’d won an intermediate hurling title, so he ended up with another hurling club — St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield.

However, the 1999 All-Ireland club hurling champions take football pretty seriously, and now O’Keeffe is preparing for a Clare SFC final tomorrow.

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