MU Barnhall
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Joe Kavanagh and Simon Hughes are club sponsors of
MU Barnhall Rugby Club with their business H&K Interiors.
Joe recently spoke to Rugby Club Magazine, saying, “Our
connection with the club is really through another local
businessman Kevin Corcoran who we have always admired
for the contribution he has made to our local community.
Corky would be a real asset to any sports club and seems
to have given much to the young people over the years
who he has coached down there. As a local business H&K
Interiors are keen to support local initiatives whenever we
can and myself and Simon would like to wish everyone at
MU Barnhall RFC the very best of continued success for
many years to come!”
Keiran and Douglas Clancy have had a long and positive
association with Barnhall Rugby Club. Out of seven children,
six boys and a girl, all boys played for MU Barnhall, Douglas
is possibly the longest serving player in the clubs history
and he recently told Rugby Club Magazine, “I have great
memories from when I started playing as a six-year-old, at
a time when the club was in its early days and didn’t have
much so we would get changed in an old hut at the bottom
of the field. Being one of six boys, I think my dad wanted to
get us out from under his feet and pointed us in the direction
of the rugby club.
My brothers lined up in the following positions: Kieran
(anywhere in the backs, Noel (Full Back), Brian (Outhalf),
Myself (Scrum half), Alan (Back Row) and Gareth (Back
row). At 45 I have still kept lacing my boots up and apart
from the usual injuries I have been lucky to not sustain any
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serious ones. The next generation of Clancy’s are coming
through now with Kieran’s boys Conor and Dylan playing
scrum half and flanker and Alan’s son Luca now playing for
the U14’s. Kieran’s business Industrial Tyre specialists are
long standing club sponsors also.
Barnhall RFC are a very close knit and well-run club that
have achieved a huge amount in a relatively short time. They
are the essence of a one club mentality looking after all age
groups at the club. I will continue to play as long as I can
although it has to be one game at a time now.
Myself, Kieran and all the Clancy family would like to
congratulate everyone associated with MU Barnhall RFC on
another great season with best wishes for the remainder of
the 2019/2020 campaign and hopefully another piece of
Barnhall history to be added to the record!”