LAHINCH DJ Mattie Kinch was left in awe after spotting a young Thailand man sporting a Clare jersey while roaming the streets of Bangkok.
Mattie who has been touring Asia over the last two months received a surprise on Saturday when his eyes were drawn to a young man on the streets of Bangkok wearing a Clare jersey from the dawn of the millennium.
Having flagged the story with The Clare Echo, Mattie explained, “I was travelling through Japan, South Korea, and Thailand over the last two months and on my last night in Bangkok, I stepped out of my hotel and spotted a man wearing a Clare jersey. Surprised, I went over to ask where he got it and if I could take a picture with him.
“He told me with very limited English that he bought it in a market in Bangkok. I offered him the last bit of my cash ,500 baht, about €13 to buy the jersey, but he politely declined”.
Kinch is one half of Pama, the multi-genre DJs and producers located in North and West Clare. He has formerly represented Ennistymon’s senior footballers and has also lined out with Moher Celtic and is a star basketballer with Clare Cascaders.
In what was one of the most lucractive GAA sponsorship deals of the time, Eircell became sponsors of Clare GAA in March 2000 replacing Pat O’Donnell and Martin Donnelly. The company later became Vodafone and remained as the main jersey sponsor in the county until the end of 2005 when Crusheen native O’Donnell returned.
