Biography
Anthony Daly was born in Clarecastle, County Clare in 1969. He was educated at the local national school and showed great skill at the game of hurling in his youth. He later attended St. Flannan's College in Ennis, a virtual nursery for young hurling talent. It was here that Daly first tasted hurling success when he won both Dr. Harty Cup and All-Ireland colleges’ titles with the college in 1987. Daly later worked as a bank official, before leaving this job to open his own pub. He owns www.Daly-Sports.com the Daly Wall ball and the Daly Field Ball. Married Eilish Murphy in 1997, they have three daughters.
On February 28, 2008 Daly was profiled on the TG4 television programme Laochra Gael.
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