Gary Brennan Interview: Still earning rave reviews off Broadway

Gary Brennan seldom gets the chance to showcase his outstanding football talents for a national audience. But the Clare captain has won an army of admirers, including International Rules boss Joe Kernan, as the Banner’s footballers begin to rise again.

A visit to the house Gary Brennan is renting in Ennis and it doesn’t take long to spot enough clues in the main living room to suggest that the occupant is immersed in sport.

It’s not that there are any framed photographs of Brennan playing for Clare or Munster or Ireland, or of a signed Irish jersey featuring all the big names he played with in Croke Park against Australia last November. There are no awards on the mantelpiece, no self-involving memorabilia on the walls, not even a gearbag or a misplaced sock on the spotless floor.