Andrew Daniel Clinch MD JP (28 November 1867 – 1 February 1937),Andrew Clinch player profile
Scrum.com was an

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forward who played club rugby for

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and international rugby for

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and the

British and Irish Lions The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national ...

Biography

Educated at

Belvedere College Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business. History Belvedere owes its origin ...

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 The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) ( ga, Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ...

. He was a member of the squad on the

1896 British Lions tour to South Africa 1896 British Isles tour to South Africa was a rugby union tour undertaken by the British Isles, one of the first British and Irish Lions tours. The team toured South Africa for the second time in 1896. Between 11 July and 5 September, they play ...

. His son
James ("Jammie") Clinch
also played rugby for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. His grandfathe
James Clinch
was a jeweler and made Claddagh Rings in Galway in the early 1800's His great-grandson

Peter Clinch Peter Clinch is an Irish academic and economist, who has served as Chairperson of Science Foundation Ireland. Career Clinch's academic specialisms are sustainable economic growth and environmental economics. In 2002, he co-authored After the C ...

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 ''The Quiet Girl'' ( ) is a 2022 Irish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Colm Bairéad. The dialogue is mostly in Irish. Set in 1981, the film follows a withdrawn nine-year-old girl who experiences a loving home for the first time ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clinch, Andrew 1867 births 1937 deaths Ireland international rugby union players Irish rugby union players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Ireland Rugby union forwards Wanderers F.C. (rugby union) players Dublin University Football Club players People educated at Belvedere College Burials at Goldenbridge Cemetery Rugby union players from Dublin (city)