This book provides profiles of Clare's most famous sons and daughters."Where Clare Leads" will profile leading personalities in a range of disciplines - incorporating sport, arts, business, crime and broadcasting - and people who are embroiled in a number of controversies.These include the following: the 2001 World Rugby Player of the Year; the captain of Munster's 2006 Heineken Cup victory; both the manager and captain of Clare's 1995 and 1997 All-Ireland hurling winning teams; the trainer of the 2006 Grand National winner; ITV's leading sports broadcaster; the person accused of committing the UK's biggest VAT fraud scam, worth GBP 162m; a musician who made the best-selling trad album ever in 1991; a six-times British champion jockey who is currently being charged with race-fixing; and, Ireland's most controversial female writer.The profiles include: Ger Loughnane; Brian Lohan; Keith Wood; Tom Morrissey; Martin Brassil; Michael D. Higgins; Anthony Daly; Tony Griffin; Anthony Foley; Kevin Sheedy; Sharon Shannon; Mick O'Dea (Artist); Jamesie O'Connor; Fr Harry Bohan; Marcus Horan; Kieran Fallon (Horseracing); Maura O'Connell (Music); and, Bernard Lynch.
- ISBN10 185635606X
- ISBN13 9781856356060
- Publish Date 6 November 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 April 2012
- Publish Country IE
- Imprint The Mercier Press Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English