O’Loughlin takes coaching role at Inagh-Kilnamona

CLARECASTLE’S Fergie O’Loughlin is returning to hurling management in Clare and this week he has teamed up with Inagh-Kilnamona.
Davy Fitzgerald coached the mid-Clare club after Waterford bowed out of the All-Ireland title race. The Sixmilebridge man was again the club’s first choice as coach for this season but his involvement with Waterford has meant that he has been unable to give his time to date this year.
Inagh native Eoin Garvey, who coached Carlow for a number of seasons, agreed to step in for a few weeks but his commitment to a major walk during the coming weeks means that he is not available to continue in this role.
This has led to the appointment of Clarecastle man O’Loughlin who is also training Galway side, Castlegar, this year.
O’Loughlin trained Ballyea to the Clare senior final a few years back when they came up against his native Clarecastle who he was also training that year. He committed to the Magpies for the final and they were crowned champions.
Last year, he trained the Ballyea minor team which won the county B championship crown before later being stripped of the title for playing two players from Kilmihil who had not been given permission to play. Ballyea took appeals to Clare GAA and also to Munster Council but lost both.
O’Loughlin has had spells training Clooney-Quin and Tubber at senior level while he also trained the Miltown senior footballers for a season.
He spent a short stint with Kildangan in North Tipperary while he trained the Doon senior team in Limerick. For the past two years, he has been involved in the training of the Limerick IT Freshers.