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Maggie, Conor, Laura, Owen and Joey McGann with the Canon Hamilton Cup after Feakle won the Clare senior hurling championship final on Monday
There was a proud Longford connection as Feakle captured Clare Senior Hurling Championship glory for the first time since 1988 on bank holiday Monday with a comprehensive 1-17 to 0-13 victory over Sixmilebridge at Cusack Park, Ennis.
The Feakle squad, club of legendary Clare 1995 and 1997 All-Ireland winning manager Ger Loughnane, featured the McGann brothers, Owen and Conor, who are natives of Kenagh, Co Longford.
Owen certainly left his mark on the final as just four minutes after being sprung from the bench he blasted home the game's only goal in the 41st minute, giving Feakle a commanding 1-13 to 0-7 cushion and it was a stranglehold they weren't to relinquish.
Also read: Longford hurler selected as Player of the Year after stellar season at intercounty level
The Feakle side included two of the stars of Clare's All-Ireland Final win over Cork earlier this year. Goalkeeper Eibhear Quilligan and tenacious defender Adam Hogan, a PwC All-Stars which will be announced live on RTÉ tv at a special banquet in the RDS on Friday, November 1.
Hogan, a grandson of the late Phelim Murphy - a legendary figure for decades in Galway hurling circles, is also on the shortlist for PwC GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year along with Eoin Downey (Cork) and Cathal O’Neill (Limerick).
Our photo shows the McGann Family - Maggie, Conor, Laura, Owen and Joey with the Canon Hamilton Cup after the final whistle on Monday.
Joey McGann is from Derrylough, Kenagh and his wife Maggie is from Feakle. Both their sons, Owen and Conor attended St Dominic's National School, Kenagh and they played with Kenagh GAA before the family moved to Clare.
Owen and Conor's dad Joey and uncles Gerry, Enda and Ciaran all played with Kenagh.
Joey's sisters Denise, Siobhan, Noelle, Edel, Aishling and Lorraine all live in Longford, while Owen and Conor’s first cousins - Thomas, Keelin & Cormac McGann and Ronan & Cian Hughes - won Longford intermediate football championship medals with Kenagh last year.
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