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A former Tipperary goalkeeper has recalled the lifelong friendships forged playing hurling with an East Clare chipboard factory that provided vital employment for hundreds of workers for more than 50 years. Tipperary netminder, Séamus Shinners, was an intercounty opponent of legendary Clare custodian Seamus Durack. However, the two Chipboard Limited sales representatives united outfield to help the company capture a coveted All-Ireland Interfirm Hurling title in 1975 and became friends. Within 24 hours of lining out in opposing goals in the 1974 Clare versus Tipperary Munster SHC on a Sunday afternoon, they were back on their travels for All-Plast the following day. Chipboard Limited, Scariff, participated in the Shannon League against companies in Shannon in the sixties and seventies. After winning a few Shannon League titles, Chipboard Limited won the Munster SHC inter-firm title in 1974 and the All-Ireland crown the following May. Chipboard Limited used to train in Dr Daly Park, Tulla as Scariff didn’t have a senior hurling …

IT’S 38 years since Seán Stack captained Clare to their last national league title but when he presses the refresh button on the bank of memories, tales flow effortlessly. Most of them are of great times, games and life-long friends but an obstinate regret lingers that Clare failed to deliver a Munster title. The absence of a Munster medal irks Stack and always will. His eyes cannot conceal the hurt. Clare played in three league finals in the mid to late 1970s, losing in ’76 to Kilkenny and beating them in ’77 and ’78. They lost three successive provincial finals in that era. “Frightening isn’t it?” Stack said of the speed with which the years have piled up since. “Would you believe I can still feel the sense in the dressing room, the atmosphere in the camp and the build up to the league finals.” As if they togged together last Sunday, Stack can clearly recall who did what in …

‘Clare Champion Sports Editor Seamus Hayes and former Clare hurling goalkeeper Seamus Durack were among the GAA giants receiving awards at a special ceremony in Dublin on Friday evening. Dublin’s Barney Rock, Clare’s Seamus Durack and Down’s Greg Blaney were inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2013 Cadbury Gaelic Writers’ Association Awards at Dublin’s Louis Fitzgerald Hotel. This year’s awards see Rock, Durack and Blaney become the latest GAA legends to be recognised by the Gaelic Writers’ Association. Durack was the star between the posts for the Clare hurlers during the ’70s when he won two National Hurling League medals. He was also recognized for his goalkeeping performances by winning All-Star awards in 1977, 1978 and 1981. Rock was a key figure on the Dublin side that won the 1983 All-Ireland senior football title. He also won four Leinster senior medals for Dublin and three All-Star awards between 1983 and 1985. His son, Dean, was part of this …