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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 …
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