Clare's All-Ireland winning hurlers have been given a reception with a difference by one of their own.
Five months after he met them on the day of their All-Ireland Final replay win, President Michael D Higgins welcomed Davy Fitzgerald and members of his successful panel to Áras an Uachtaran yesterday.
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President Higgins, who spent much of his childhood at Ballycar near Newmarket on Fergus, has previously said he found it difficult to remain neutral during the final against Cork.