second Title with a 4-0 to 1-0 victory over Tullamore. Paddy Corrigan was captain. One of that team, Tom Dooley, represented the club on the Offaly panel that won the 1923 Junior All Ireland. Again owing to the Civil War, the All Ireland Final against Cork could not be fixed until July 1924. Cork initially would not participate in protest at the continuing imprisonment of their County Board chairman Sean McCarthy (who had sided with the Irregular or Republican side), whereupon a walkover was awarded to Offaly. The Offaly County Board unanimously refused to accept the Title on that basis, and the Final eventually went ahead at Croke Park on 12 October 1924. Offaly won a thrilling, uncompromising battle by 3-4 to Cork's 3-2. The captain was Jack Holligan of Kinnitty, while Drumcullen's Bill Fox gave a man-of-the-match display. In 1929, PJ Grogan of Clareen captained Offaly to a second Junior All Ireland hurling title. Cork again provided the opposition in the Final, played out on 15 December 1929 at Thurles, and were beaten by 2-3 to Offaly's 6-1. On the club scene, Seir Kieran were unlucky to lose the 1927 Offaly Senior Hurling (South County) Final, going down to Drumcullen by 3-3 to 2-4. Discontent with the Land Commission's subdivision of the Kilmaine estate militated against unity of purpose in the club, and Kilmaine House itself was burned down in the early hours of Monday 23 July 1926. Seir Kieran did however contest the Junior Championship of 1929, overcoming Birr and Coolderry before losing to Shannonharbour (5-3 to 2-2) in the Semi-final, on 8 September 1929. In May 1931, young John Coughlan played in goals for the Offaly Minors (against Westmeath at Clara). Intermediate success The first Intermediate Title came in Ballyduff, Tullamore on 20 September 1931, when Seir Kieran (captained by PJ Grogan) beat Clara by 5-7 to 2-5. At Senior grade for the following two seasons, the Clareen side gave stirring displays against the likes of Coolderry and a rising Tullamore team. The 1932 panel was augmented by Dick and Willie Conway from Roscomroe, a district of Kinnitty Parish with historic ties to Seir Kieran. Other noted players included Mick Leahy, Kieran Grogan and Dan Murphy, although none could compare with red-maned Jim Killeen "the thatcher", one of the finest-ever Clareen hurlers. Originally from Lusmagh, Jim and his brother Mick had come to Clareen as young boys,