Eamon Taaffe: ‘It was only in later years we realised the respect we had gained’

He spent just 17 minutes on the field in Croke Park on September 3, 1995 and only hit one ball in what was the 108th All-Ireland hurling final.

Yet that seismic Eamon Taaffe goal against Offaly, four minutes from time, still resonates in Clare. It was the moment that propelled the county to a first All-Ireland win since 1914, bridging an 81 year gap.

The Tubber farmer was amongst the 1995 panel present for Clare County Council’s 20th anniversary Civic Reception in council headquarters this week.