How Clare’s in-betweeners held Banner aloft

Some of the Clare players who soldiered after the ‘97 All-Ireland final victory recall the ‘famine years’.

Between the Munster final of 1998 — the last time Clare won championship silverware at senior level — and tomorrow, the following players have lined out for Clare: Phillip Brennan; Pat Vaughan, James McInerney, Gerry O’Grady; Alan Markham, Conor Plunkett, Gerry Quinn; Brian O’Connell, Daithí O’Connell; Diarmuid McMahon, Tony Carmody, Tony Griffin; Declan O’Rourke, Barry Nugent, Andrew Quinn.

One thing they have in common – none were there in ‘98, none will be there tomorrow.