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One of the county’s most iconic buildings has shown its true colours when it comes to supporting the Banner hurlers ahead of this weekend’s All Ireland final clash with Cork. St Flannan’s College in Ennis, where many of the Clare team and management went to school, has been lit up in a dazzling display of saffron and blue lights in the days running up to Sunday’s match.
The lights have been causing quite a stir in the locality, with many stopping to take a look at the impressive facade.
Fr Iggy McCormack, Principal of St Flannan’s College said, “We are showing our support for Brian, the management team and the players this Sunday by lighting up the school in saffron and blue each night this week. Many from the current Clare Senior Hurling management team and squad have been part of our Harty Cup successes down through the years and it is now our turn to back them for All-Ireland glory.”
Fr McCormack said the current Clare squad members who are past pupils of the school include captain and St Flannan’s teacher Tony Kelly, Ross Hayes, Seadna Morey, Eibhear Quilligan, John Conneally, Robin Mounsey, Killian O’Connor, John Conlon, David Fitzgerald, Cathal Malone, Conor Cleary, David Conroy, Peter Duggan, Ryan Taylor, Cian Broderick, Shane O’Donnell, David Reidy, Paul Flanagan and Cian Galvin. Selector Tommy Corbett also is a former student as is team coach Brendan Bugler who is a teacher at St Flannan’s.
Leading Lights... St. Flannan's College in Ennis glows in the county colours, as reflected on the roof of a parked car, ahead of the All-Ireland Senior hurling final this Sunday. The secondary school, often dubbed the "nursery" of Clare hurling has twenty-one people including teachers and past pupils in the current Clare squad. Photograph by John Kelly
