Home is where the heart is for Éire Óg's Ciarán Russell

Ahead of the 2019 season, himself and his then partner, now wife, Amy, decided they were going to settle in Dublin for at least a couple of years and so a transfer request was put in to join Kilmacud Crokes.

BACK HOME: Eire Og's Ciaran Russell and Kilmurry Ibrickane's Andrew Shannon in action during the Clare Football Senior final. Pic: Eamon Ward

But for a change of plans, Ciarán Russell would be lining out for Kilmacud Crokes in next week’s Leinster club championship final and not his native Éire Óg Ennis in Sunday’s Munster semi-final.

Towards the end of the last decade, Garda Russell found himself stationed in Dún Laoghaire on Dublin’s southside. A committed clubman, he commuted back and forth across the country to line out for Éire Óg in the Clare championship.