a pundit on RTÉ's The Sunday Game. In this capacity he earned a reputation as an outspoken critic of many hurling teams, including Clare. Personal life and health In June 2011 Loughnane was diagnosed with Leukemia. It was falsely reported on 28 July 2011 that Loughnane had died. The news had spread over a number of social networking sites although it was quickly exposed as a hoax. Honours Player St. Flannan's College Munster Colleges Under-15 Hurling Championship (1): 1968 Feakle Clare Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1988 (c) Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1973 Clare National Hurling League (2): 1976-77, 1977-78 Munster Railway Cup (1): 1976, 1978, 1981 Individual Honours All-Star (2): 1974, 1978 Manager Clare All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1995, 1997 Munster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1995, 1997, 1998 References 1953 births Living people Alumni of St Patrick's College, Dublin Clare inter-county hurlers Feakle hurlers Gaelic games writers and broadcasters Heads of schools in Ireland Hurling managers Hurling selectors Irish schoolteachers Munster inter-provincial hurlers People educated at St Flannan's College