This article is from page 17 of the 2013-09-03 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 17 JPG
TWO Meelick lads reckon the Liam McCarthy trophy is Banner Bound in the latest song to celebrate Clare’s appearance in the All-Ireland hurling final.
Eanna Mulvihill and Oisín Hickey have teamed up for their acoustic anthem, ‘Banner Bound’.
The song’s lyrics reference some of the Banner’s summer heroes such as David McInerney and Darach Honan. “ ’Cos you’ll never bea t the Ba nner Boys in saffron a nd blue”, sing Oisín and Eanna, “ So sing along with us from Ennis to Killaloe. When Da vy Ma c a nd the Duck a tta ck, the rest will follow suit, ‘Cos you’ll never bea t the Ba nner boys on sa ffron a nd blue”. The lads look back at Clare’s victories so far this summer. They sing, “ We’ve hea r d it a ll, hea r d it a ll before – The Ba nner won’t be hea rd a nymore. But we showed the Déise, We showed the Tr ibes, We showed the Trea t y up on Liffeyside.
“ So ga ther a round, let’s hea r you roa r – Lia m McCa r thy’s Ba nner Bound once more.” Eanna and Oisín also predict that Clare captain Patrick Donnellan will have one final journey to make come the final whistle on Sunday. “ In Croke Pa rk, we’ll hea r the roa r. Hill 16 ha sn’t seen the likes of us before. When the fina l whistle blows – up the Hoga n Pa ddy Donnella n he will go.” Meanwhile the band behind ‘The Banner’s Back Again’ are working on a statue of Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald.
MC Banner, the singer with MC Banner and Killaloolas plans to erect the statue on his lawn in time for Sunday’s All-Ireland final.
The singer said, “I think it’s going to look a lot like Davy but my wife doesn’t think so.
“She’s not mad about the idea at all at all but she understands my devotion to the Clare team. I checked with all the neighbours and they have no problem with it.
“One of them is knitting a jumper for it for the winter.”
MC will rig an MP 3 player to the statue and when a person touches Davy’s hand it will play ‘The Banner’s back Again’.
MC continued, “We will unveil it on Friday, September 6, at dawn and I am hoping to have a Clare legend to do the unveiling.
“I hope Davy will visit it after the All Ireland. I think it’s the image of him, my wife says it looks more like Marty Morrissey.
“If I had time I would make a statue of Marty too, I am a huge fan of Marty’s.”
MC Banner and the Killaloolas are heading out on their tractor pulled stage. They plan to perform ‘The Banner’s Back Again’, in every Clare town this week.