From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brian Lohan
Brian Lohan
Brian Lohan graduated with a business degree and currently works as
Personal information an auctioneer in Ennis and Shannon.
Irish name Brian Ó Leocháin
Sport Hurling
Playing career
Position Full-back Club
Born November 1971(1971-11-00) Lohan played his club hurling with his local Wolfe Tones
Shannon, County Clare na Sionna club and enjoyed much success. He won a se-
Club(s) nior county title in 1996 before later winning a Munster
club title and got to the All Ireland club final but lost. Lo-
Years Club
han won a second county medal in 2006. Lohan is also
Wolfe Tones na Sionna played football for Wolfe Tones Na Sionna.
Club Titles
Inter-county
Clare titles 2 Lohan first came to prominence on the inter-county
Munster titles 1 scene in the late 1980s as a member of the Clare minor
hurling team. He later joined the county under-21 team
Inter-county(ies)
but had little success in either grades. Lohan made his
Years County Apps (scores) senior debut for Clare in 1992 and became a regular in
the championship in 1993. That year he played in his first
1993-2006 Clare 54 ( )
Munster final, however, Clare were absolutely trounced
Inter-county titles by Tipperary. In 1994 Clare qualified for the provincial fi-
Munster titles 3
nal once again, however, on this occasion they were de-
feated by Limerick. Everything changed in 1995 when Ger
All Irelands 2 Loughnane was appointed manager of the team. For the
All Stars 4 third successive year Clare qualified for the Munster fi-
nal where Limerick provided the opposition. The game
Brian Lohan (born November 1971 in Shannon, County proved to be a watershed for Clare who won by nine
Clare) is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with his lo- points. It was Lohan’s first Munster title and it was Clare’s
cal club Wolfe Tones na Sionna and was a member of the first provincial title since 1932. Clare later defeated Gal-
Clare senior inter-county team from 1993 until 2006, dur- way in the All-Ireland semi-final and faced up to Offaly in
ing which time he won two All-Ireland titles, three Mun- the championship decider at Croke Park. Offaly were the
ster titles and four Railway Cup titles. He has also been reigning All-Ireland champions and were regarded as the
the recipient of four All-Star awards[1] from nine nomi- favourites going into the final. Lohan had another excel-
nations. Lohan’s inclusion on the Munster Hurling Team lent game in the saffron and blue jersey as Clare defeat-
of the Millennium marks him out as one of the all-time ed Offaly to win their first All-Ireland title since 1914. Not
greats. only did Lohan collect his first All-Ireland medal that day
but he was later named Hurler of the Year.
In 1996 Clare dramatically lost their All-Ireland
Early and private life crown to Limerick in the first-round of the Munster
Brian Lohan was born in Shannon, County Clare in 1971. Championship. Although playing just seventy minutes of
He was born into a family that had a strong hurling tradi- championship hurling Lohan made such an impression
tion as his father, Gus Lohan, played for both the Galway that he was later presented with a second All-Star award.
and Clare senior hurling teams in his day. Lohan was ed- In 1997 Clare were back with a bang. Lohan collected
ucated locally and later studied at the University of Lim- a second Munster title as Clare defeated Tipperary in a
erick. While studying there he played on the university close provincial final. Due to the introduction of the so-
hurling team that won the Fitzgibbon Cup title.[1] Lohan called ’back-door system’ these two sides later met again
in the All-Ireland final. Clare were on top for much of
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Awards
Preceded by Powerscreen Hurler of the Year Succeeded by
Newly created award 1995 Larry O’Gorman
(Wexford)
Sporting positions
Preceded by Clare Senior Hurling Captain Succeeded by
Anthony Daly 2000-2002 Seánie McMahon
the game, however, Tipp scored two goals in the last ten
minutes setting up a dramatic climax. Jamesie O’Connor
References
scored the winning point for Clare just before full-time [1] ^ "Clare ace Lohan hangs up hurley". Irish
giving the county a second victory in three years and Independent. 2006-09-12.
giving Lohan a second All-Ireland medal. On their way http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/clare-
to that victory Clare became the second team ever to ace-lohan-hangs-up-hurley-77724.html. Retrieved
be beat hurling’s big three - Cork, Tipperary and Kilken- 2010-04-06.
ny - in a single championship season. 1998 proved to [2] "Cats crowned Kings of Ireland". RTÉ Sport.
be a controversial year for Clare and for hurling in gen- 2002-09-08. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2002/
eral. Lohan captured a third Munster title that year in 0908/kilkenny1.html. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
a sulphorous replay against Waterford. Controversy fol- [3] "Gutsy Cork scrape past heartbroken Banner". RTÉ
lowed when Clare played Offaly in the All-Ireland semi- Sport. 2005-08-14. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/
final. The first game ended in a draw, however, in the re- 2005/0814/cork.html. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
play Clare were winning by two points when the refer- [4] "Shefflin guides Cats into All-Ireland final". RTÉ
ee, Jimmy Cooney, blew the whistle with two minutes of Sport. 2006-08-13. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/
normal time left to be played. The Offaly fans were out- 2006/0813/kilkenny.html. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
raged and staged a sit-down protest on the Croke Park
pitch. The result wasn’t allowed to stand and Clare were
forced to meet Offaly for a third time that year. They lost
Teams and awards
the second replay, however, it has been said that if they Persondata
won they would have captured a second All-Ireland title Name Lohan, Brian
in-a-row.
Alternative names
The next decade proved difficult for Clare hurling.
They returned to the bottom of the pile in Munster as the Short description
traditional powers, Cork and Tipp, as well as Waterford Date of birth 1971
triumphed. In 2002 Clare became the first team to lose a Place of birth Shannon
first-round game but qualify for the All-Ireland final via
the qualifiers system. Kilkenny provided the opposition Date of death
in the game and had an easy victory courtesy of goals Place of death
from D.J. Carey and Henry Shefflin.[2] In 2005 Clare nearly
caused a huge hurling upset by nearly defeating Cork in
a thrilling All-Ireland semi-final. Cork won the game by
a point and went on to win the All-Ireland final against
Galway.[3] In 2006 Clare reached the All-Ireland semi-fi-
nal once again, however, this time they were well beaten
by eventual champions Kilkenny.[4] This defeat brought
the curtain down on Lohan’s inter-county career.[1]
Provincial
Lohan also lined out with Munster in the Railway Cup
inter-provincial competition. He ended up on the win-
ning side in the final in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2000.
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Categories:
• 1971 births
• Living people
• Wolfe Tones na Sionna hurlers
• Clare hurlers
• Munster hurlers
• All Star Hurler of the year
• Winners of two All-Ireland medals (hurling)
• People from County Clare
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