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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Brían Ó Leocháin | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Full-back | ||
Born |
Shannon, County Clare, Ireland | 14 November 1971||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Occupation | Director of Hurling at UL | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Wolfe Tones na Sionna | |||
Club titles | |||
Clare titles | 2 | ||
Munster titles | 1 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
University of Limerick | |||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1993–2006 | Clare | 54 (0–00) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 4 |
Brian Lohan (born 14 November 1971) is an Irish hurling manager and former player who is the manager of the Clare senior hurling team. As a player, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest full-backs of all time.
Born and raised in Shannon, County Clare,[1] Lohan began his hurling career at club level with Wolfe Tones. After much success at underage levels, he eventually broke on the club's senior team and enjoyed his greatest success in 1996 when he captained the team to the Munster Club Championship. Lohan also won two Clare Club Championships during his career.
Lohan lined out for Clare in two different grades of hurling over a 14-year period. After making his first appearance for the under-21 team in May 1992, he made his competitive debut for the senior team aged 21 in 1993. During a golden age for the team, Lohan won All-Ireland Championship medals in 1995 and 1997 as well as three Munster Championship medals in a four-year period.
At inter-provincial level, Lohan was selected to play in four championship campaigns with Munster. He never lost a game for his province and ended his career with four Railway Cup medals, including as captain in 1996.
Lohan is one of only five Clare players to have made more than 50 championship appearances. During his career, he collected four All-Stars, was named Hurler of the Year and was selected in the full-back position on the Munster Hurling Team of the Millennium.
After retiring, Lohan began his coaching career at club level with Wolfe Tones and Patrickwell, before guiding the University of Limerick to the Fitzgibbon Cup title in 2015. He was appointed Clare manager in October 2019.