Feakle's Class of '88 leading the way for current crop 

On Sunday, Feakle will make a first Clare SHC final appearance since 1988. Up to 10 of that team will have at least one son who will be either a starter or sub on Sunday.

HURLING STRONGHOLD: Feakle's Val Donnellan with the late Mícheal Ó Muircheartaigh at a medal presentation for the Clare SHC champions in Smyth's Hotel Feakle on New Year's Eve 1988: Photo via Facebook

"I’ll never forget that night in Feakle [in ‘88]. It was almost like when we came home with the Munster cup in ’95. It was just a wonderful feeling to deliver for your parish and see people who had been around in the 1930s and at last had seen the gap bridged. I had worked with some of these people saving hay and in the bog and 80 percent of our time was spent talking about hurling." 

 - Ger Loughnane, Raising The Banner