‘People are still upset over it’ – Peter Duggan-Nickie Quaid incident sticks in Clare craw, admits DalyThe talismanic Limerick goalkeeper was issued with a yellow card by referee Thomas Walsh when he fouled Duggan for a penalty in their All-Ireland semi-final. Tue, 08 Sep, 2026 – 16:00John Fogarty
Anthony Daly says Clare people remain aggrieved about the Peter Duggan-Nickie Quaid incident in July’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final.
Limerick goalkeeper Quaid was issued with a yellow card by referee Thomas Walsh when he fouled Duggan for a penalty in the 54th minute.
Tony Kelly converted a goal from the placed ball to put Clare six points ahead. While it was a goalscoring opportunity, the Clare forward was deemed not to have had full control of the sliotar and therefore avoided a black card.
As John Meyler’s hurling expert group finalise their experimental rules, Daly says the rule must change and the decision has stuck in the craw of Clare supporters.
“People are still upset over it,” said Daly, who was promoting Stream Sport’s live coverage of the Clare, Galway and Limerick hurling knock-out championship stages.
“I have plenty of Limerick people calling here (to Daly’s Murty Browne’s pub in Tullycrine) as well on buses, and everyone knows Kilkee is full of Limerick people in the summer. We’d always have them in and out and they’d point to some other tackle that should have been a red card, but it was just the timing of the whole thing and if Nickie was off the field and you’d 14 against 15 and Clare were six up…
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“Can you imagine the noise that would have been if he (Quaid) saved the penalty? It would have been nuts altogether and Clare can also say they didn’t score after the penalty.” Daly continued: “I was as mad as any Clare man, but if I’m on The Sunday Game I’m trying to just not be a black Clare man and trying to say this rule is wrong, and that’s the point I made so strongly on the day on RTÉ.
“I was gutted, it was a chance of an All-Ireland, we don’t have too many of them to be getting to the final, there’s no guarantee we’d have won it but if you’re in it, you have a better chance of winning it than going home from the semi-final.
“Look, I got a bit of grief… but I do try and not just be Mr Clare when I go on those things. I’m as passionate about the county as any man so look, yeah, still very disappointed and it’s still very raw with people, you know.”
The mitigation that Duggan wasn’t in control of the ball doesn’t cut it for Daly. “Peter Duggan knew exactly what he was doing by scooping it over Nickie’s head.
“When you throw up the ball to hit it, are you in control of the ball? You’ve released the ball from your body and your hand and off your hurley. So, that’s kind of an arguable one.
“And I think that was the epitome of what a black card is. Nickie knew ‘this is a goal for Clare here. I’ll take him down, I take my chances.’ And I think Nicky was nearly ready to walk.
“Now don’t get me wrong, my favourite keeper of all time is becoming Nicky very quickly because he’s just brought it to another level. But that rule will have to change because it needs clarifying badly.”
As far as other rule changes go, Daly would go further than Davy Fitzgerald and insist six players from each team should be in their opponents’ half of the field for puck-outs. His former team-mate Fitzgerald last week told this newspaper four should have to always remain in the other team’s half.
Daly is not as keen on a hand-pass restriction as he believes it’s one coaches are themselves trying to fix. He wouldn’t award two points for a sideline cut either but supports the 65 moving out to the middle of the field.
He expects Tony Kelly and other Clare veterans will commit for another season in 2027, while he was delighted Brian Lohan appears to be good to go again. Lohan has two years remaining in his current term.
“Everyone wants Brian to oversee the thing. There’s massive respect for him in the county. Fellas who might be considering their future at the other end of the age bracket or mileage bracket, they are not going to say anything until the club is finished anyway, they don’t want to be distracting from their club teams.”
The appeal of ending Clare’s wait for a Munster SHC title that goes back to 1998 only grows stronger, says Daly. “Look at the heartbreak they’ve had as a management in Munster finals. The one in the Gaelic Grounds, the one that went to the extra-time in Thurles. My God, what matches.
“They’d love a Munster, don’t have any doubt that Tony Kelly would like a Munster medal to finish up. I don’t think it has diminished.”
Anthony Daly was speaking at the launch of Stream Sport’s coverage of the knock-out stages of the GAA club championships in Clare, Galway, Limerick and Donegal. Go to streamsport.ie for more details.
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