| Birth name | Andrew Daniel Clinch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 November 1867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 February 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Belvedere College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Jammie Clinch Paul Clinch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Daniel Clinch MD JP (28 November 1867 – 1 February 1937),[1] was an Irish rugby union forward who played club rugby for Dublin University and international rugby for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.
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Biography
Educated at Belvedere College S.J. Andrew Daniel (Coo) Clinch represented Leinster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions in a distinguished playing career and later became president of the Irish Rugby Football Union. He was a member of the squad on the 1896 British Lions tour to South Africa.
His son, Jammie Clinch, also played rugby for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.
His grandfather James Clinch was a jeweler and made Claddagh Rings in Galway in the early 1800s
His great-grandson Peter Clinch is an Irish academic and economist, who has served as Chairperson of Science Foundation Ireland.
His great-great-granddaughter Catherine Clinch stars in the Irish language film An Cailín Ciúin
References
- ^ Andrew Clinch player profile Scrum.com
This page was last edited on 21 April 2024, at 00:49