A 'Clyne' time: Proud Longford dad and grandfather basks in glow of sporting success
John Clyne, Rathcline Road, Lanesboro, Co Longford did not know what road to take to support his daughters and grandchildren over the past couple of weeks, such were their achievements
John Clyne, Rathcline Road, Lanesboro, Co Longford did not know what road to take to support his daughters and grandchildren over the past couple of weeks, such were their achievements over the past few weeks.
John and his late wife Hannah produced great sporting athletes in our community and the bloodline is continuing.
Their daughter Gillian, a former star of the Lough Ree Athletic club has never let her training go to waste and in recent times she recently won the Kildare Masters and finished in third place last weekend in the Leinster Seniors.
John’s son David’s daughter, Emily Clyne was acknowledged as one of the rising stars of Irish athletics at the 2025 Juvenile All-Star Awards. Emily, a member of the Reeside Athletic Club, Knockrockery, received her award for her exploits over the past year in the High Jump from David Gillick.
Not to be outdone, John’s other daughter Louise and her husband Shane Hanly had two daughters playing in Leinster finals where Kate helped her Dublin team win the Leinster Minor Final and her younger sister, Lucy, was unfortunate to lose their Leinster Juvenile final.
Pictured with Kate after the Dublin win was her grandfather John and uncle Ronan – a sterling performer for Rathcline over the years.