Aidan Moloney

Aidan Moloney is a former Gaelic footballer who played for Kilmurry Ibrickane and the Clare county team. He is known as "Horse".[1][2]

Moloney captained his club to two Clare Senior Football Championship titles, in 1993 and 2002.[1] He won a Munster Senior Football Championship medal with Clare in 1992.[3] He also won a Munster Senior Club Football Championship title in 2004.[4] He played for his club until 2005.[5]

Moloney has managed several clubs in Clare, including Cooraclare, Kilkee, Kilrush and Shannon Gaels, having begun as a player–manager with Kilmurry in 1999.[1][2][6] He managed Kilmurry to the 2016 Clare SFC title, becoming the first person to both captain and manage the club to the title.[2] As of 2025, he was managing Lissycasey for a third year.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "'Horse' ready to lead Kilmurray over final hurdle". 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Horse Moloney creates his own bit of history". The Clare Herald. 24 October 2016.
  3. ^ O'Muircheartaigh, Joe (4 May 2023). "Reeling in Clare's Munster final years". The Clare Champion.
  4. ^ Cormican, Eoghan (10 November 2017). "Aidan Moloney says Clare champs' focus back for Crokes". Irish Examiner.
  5. ^ "Moloney faces seventh final as player and manager". The Clare Champion. 28 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Moloney Appointed As Cooraclare Football Manager". Clare FM. 3 February 2018.
  7. ^ Hayes, Seamus (18 January 2025). "Three football clubs still to appoint management teams". Clare Echo.