395:. He was named Man Of The Match for his performance against Roscommon in the Connacht SFC 1st round in May 2008. He won his fourth Connacht title against Mayo on 13 July and earned a place in the quarter-finals as a result. In the build-up to the quarter-final clash against Kerry, Clancy struggled with injury and despite starting the match, he was taken off midway through the first-half. He came back on in the second half but Kerry ran out 1–21 to 1-16 winners over Galway. He scored 1–05 in the
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Sigerson in Cork wasn't something that might've been expected of us at all," McFadden says. "We had Lorcan and
Brendan Colleran, Mattie Clancy again and Michael Meehan, who was unreal. Dessie Dolan pulled his hamstring in the quarter-final and missed out but we took in a lad from Mayo, Michéal Keane, who played as a sweeper and was brilliant. They were a good group."
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wove their way up the right flank, before releasing Savage. He jinked this way and that, creating enough space to allow room for the pass. Clancy drifted unmarked into the space in front of Eoin McCloskey's goal to take it, turned and fired high past the ’keeper. A couple more scores, from a
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302:
271:Sigerson Cup
268:
254:is a former
251:
250:
221:All-Irelands
186:
147:
114:
18:
1809:1982 births
1754:D. Finnegan
1542:G. Bradshaw
1455:P. Geraghty
1277:J. O'Mahony
1054:J. O'Mahony
1018:B. Conneely
774:J. O'Mahony
474:Hogan Stand
385:Liam Sammon
139:Colleges(s)
74:16 May 1982
1803:Categories
1738:D. Mullahy
1722:A. Faherty
1681:for Conroy
1672:for Clancy
1670:N. Coleman
1534:P. Doherty
1463:for Savage
1395:N. Coleman
1258:C. Monahan
1254:for Devane
1176:S. De Paor
1074:T. McManus
1026:J. Faherty
1002:G. Delaney
947:D. O'Brien
851:C. Monahan
700:for Bergin
610:S. De Paor
602:T. Mannion
406:References
332:NUI Galway
275:NUI Galway
157:NUI Galway
129:Oughterard
98:Occupation
70:1982-05-16
33:Irish name
1782:L. Sammon
1770:T. Hughes
1699:for Blake
1697:D. Meehan
1688:M. Clancy
1679:J. Bergin
1653:Subs used
1638:M. Meehan
1630:M. Clancy
1622:P. Conroy
1550:F. Hanley
1467:F. Hanley
1450:Subs used
1427:M. Meehan
1411:D. Savage
1403:M. Clancy
1387:P. Clancy
1339:D. Meehan
1264:D. Savage
1260:for Comer
1247:Subs used
1224:M. Meehan
1216:J. Devane
1200:M. Clancy
1184:J. Bergin
1168:P. Clancy
1160:D. Meehan
1069:P. Warren
1059:Selectors
1034:R. O'Hara
1010:É. Ó Cuiv
994:T. Giblin
978:Subs used
972:for Burke
962:Subs used
939:M. Meehan
923:J. Devane
915:M. Clancy
899:J. Bergin
875:R. Murray
843:D. Morris
789:P. Warren
779:Selectors
754:M. Clancy
730:T. Meehan
689:A. Kerins
658:D. Savage
650:J. Bergin
642:J. Fallon
634:P. Clancy
594:D. Meehan
348:Roscommon
241:All Stars
194:2001–2012
124:2013–2017
122:1999–2012
1762:E. Hoare
1746:M. Comer
1706:A. Burke
1690:for Bane
1614:P. Joyce
1598:M. Lydon
1574:D. Blake
1566:N. Coyne
1558:D. Burke
1435:P. Joyce
1379:M. Comer
1371:D. Blake
1363:A. Burke
1355:D. Burke
1331:A. Keane
1252:N. Joyce
1240:T. Joyce
1232:P. Joyce
1152:M. Comer
1144:G. Fahey
1128:A. Keane
1064:S. Joyce
970:D. Hanly
955:N. Joyce
931:D. Burke
907:K. Comer
891:K. Brady
883:D. Blake
867:M. Comer
784:S. Joyce
722:M. Comer
714:P. Lally
698:K. Comer
674:T. Joyce
666:P. Joyce
618:K. Walsh
586:R. Fahey
577:G. Fahey
561:A. Keane
101:Engineer
54:Position
1777:Manager
1606:C. Bane
1582:G. Sice
1480:P. Ford
1475:Manager
1272:Manager
1049:Manager
1042:C. Bane
986:C. King
769:Manager
326:College
148:College
106:Club(s)
84:Ireland
377:Dublin
281:Career
264:Galway
260:Galway
199:Galway
187:County
90:Height
80:Galway
370:Kerry
366:Meath
183:Years
144:Years
133:Cuala
111:Years
46:Sport
681:Subs
391:and
355:and
286:Club
115:Club
64:Born
579:(c)
309:.
231:NFL
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1667:23
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1416:12
1408:11
1400:10
1237:15
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1039:23
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999:18
991:17
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967:24
952:15
944:14
936:13
928:12
920:11
912:10
759:24
751:22
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735:19
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