This article is from page 62 of the 2011-10-18 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 62 JPG
AS Éire Óg prepared for their biggest hurling game since they contested the millennium county senior final against Sixmilebridge, they are mourning a stalwart of the club this week after the hugely popular Francie McMahon passed away after illness.
McMahon was part of the great Éire Óg squad that contested three county finals in the early 1980s, winning senior medals in 1980 with the Éire Óg Dalcassians that beat Newmar- ket-on-Fergus and then another in 1982 when the Townies beat Sixmilebridge after two epic encounters.
Away from his involvement with Éire Óg over many years, McMahon was also a stalwart of Clare Camogie. McMahon had a long involvement with Clare Camogie at club and county level since the late ‘60s, coaching teams at all levels and most recently at Minor level.
He was part of the management team that led Clare to the Junior All Ireland Finals in 2003 and 2005. He managed the Clare U16s in ‘08 and ‘09, when they won the Munster U6A title. More recently, Francie was the Manager of the Minor team that in 2010 won the Munster Minor title and went on to contest the All Ireland Minor Final.
“Clare Camogie Board was deeply saddened on hearing the sad news of the death of Francie McMahon on Monday,” Clare camogie PRO Brid MacNamara said. “His passing will be felt deeply throughout Camogie circles,” she added.