– how losing to Clare in 1992 made for a bitter aftermath in the Kingdom

Clare fans celebrate with captain Francis McInerney following the county's famous Munster football final victory over Kerry in 1992. Photograph: Inpho

You know the story of Clare beating Kerry in the 1992 Munster final. You know all about John Maughan’s training and Martin Daly coming off the bench for his goal and Marty Morrissey promising there wouldn’t be a cow milked in Clare for at least a week. It was instant lore, a generational folk tale before it even hit the teatime news.

Billy O'Shea scored the opening point in the Munster football final before Clare stunned Kerry to claim their most famous win. At the other end of the spectrum, the ‘92 final saw a debut for 18-year-old Séamus Moynihan. He hadn’t played so much as a league game yet and couldn’t feature in the earlier rounds because he was in the middle of his Leaving Cert. Peter O’Leary, Billy O’Shea and Karl O’Dwyer were all playing in their first Munster final as well.

Kerry's Séamus Moynihan in action against Clare in the 1992 Munster football final. Photograph: Inpho “I didn’t go back home for four or five months I’d say,” Gleeson says now. “I stayed well away from it all. In those days, there was no social media, no mobile phones, none of that. So I was able to avoid it.

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