Clare skipper Conor Cleary breaks with tradition

Traditional Irish music and Gaelic football, the foundation stones of life out Miltown Malbay direction.

Hurling? Doesn’t figure, not since Michael Cusack’s time anyway.

Step forward then Conor Cleary, West Clare’s exception to the rule. Tomorrow night, Cleary will lead the Clare U21 hurlers onto the Cusack Park turf in their bid to secure a fourth consecutive Munster title - a feat last achieved by Cork, from 1968-71.