Clare midfielder Colin Lynch has been forced to concede that his time as an inter-county hurler is over.The Irish Independent reports that there was much speculation in Clare over the weekend that Lynch would not be in a position to hurl on with Clare in 2009 because of a persistent back injury. The Lissycasey man held off on confirmation of that until he paid a visit to a specialist in Dublin this week and came to the conclusion that involvement with his county would be beyond him in 2009.
Accordingly the 34-year-old has brought the curtain down on an inter-county career that spanned 12 championship seasons.
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