Tony Considine served as manager of the Clare senior hurling team from November 2006 until August 2007.
Considine was ratified as the Clare hurling manager to succeed Anthony Daly in November 2006 at a county board meeting in Ennis. He had previously served as a selector on the successful Clare all-Ireland junior winning team of 1993 under Scariff man Mike McNamara. At senior level he was also part of Ger Loughnane's backroom team (along with McNamara) that guided Clare hurling to its most enduring and success-laden period between 1995 and 1998. Clare ended a 63-year wait to win the Munster title and 81-year wait to lay claim to the all-Ireland senior championship title in 1995.
The new incumbent had drawn the ire of certain GAA followers in Clare in October 2006 when he outlined his dismay and frustration on local radio in Clare that his close friend Ger Loughnane had accepted the role of the Galway senior management role urging Clare Gaelic Athletic Association leaders to stop talented gaa people leaving Clare.
Shortly after this juncture Considine was approached to take over the role of the vacant Clare manager's role which had been previously held by the hugely popular Anthony Daly who subsequently went on in 2007 to become a respected Gaelic games pundit on national television.
The new Clare manager, a native of Cratloe in south east Clare drew some satisfaction from the club delegates by announcing he would allow the county players to play for their clubs during the summer, something that had been essentially prevented by prior Clare managers over a twelve-year period.
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