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This article is from page 48 of the 2007-11-06 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 48 JPG

JAMES Lafferty is widely known in ladies football circles in Clare.

A founder member of the county board in 1983, he served as secretary and treasurer in the past and was chairman until resigning a fortnight ago.

He informed the football board of his decision to resign on October 22, citing “personal and business diffi- culties” as his reasons.

Sources in ladies football in Clare have described his work at underage level as “hugely progressive”.

They also said he injected energy and dedication into the game in the county over a period of several years.

He managed the under-16 side which won the All-Ireland ‘B’ title

this year, that is set to receive a Civic Reception from Clare County Coun- cil next Monday.

He also managed the county’s un- der-14 side last year.

A statement issued to

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