Only hurling has such a rising effect on Clare — Fr Harry Bohan

RISING TIDE: Fr Harry Bohan, Clare selector, at the 2004 League game against Tipperary at Cusack Park. Pic: Ray McManus / SPORTSFILE

SHOULDERS back, chests out, Fr Harry Bohan has taken great delight in how his fellow Clare folk have been carrying themselves these last six weeks.

Only hurling, he says, could have such a rising effect on the county. From the seniors’ win over Limerick at the end of April to the county’s second-ever All-Ireland minor title secured last Sunday, the mood of the 85-year-old’s parishioners in Sixmilebridge and beyond is positively beaming.