Kildare GAA legend's business gets an upgrade
O’Connell won five senior football championships
The business enterprise operated by one of Kildare’s best known sports stars has been upgraded.
Former Kildare and Clane footballer Denis O’Connell runs Clane Providers Homevalue (CPH) at Millicent Road in the town and the entity has been re-branded by United Hardware, which has about 90 outlets across the country.
CPH serves the construction, DIY and garden sectors. It's among the first in Ireland to adopt the new concept.
O’Connell is one of Kildare’s most decorated footballers.
He was a regular on the Kildare senior football side in the mid-1990s, generally lining out as a half forward.
O’Connell won five senior football championships with Clane during the club’s golden era in the 1990s.
He was also on the side that contested the 1997 Leinster senior football club final, losing to Erins Isle which had three players on Dublin's All-Ireland winning team of 1995.
Clane have 17 senior championship wins, second only to Sarsfields on Kildare’s roll of honour.
Their 1995 championship side had two All-Stars - Martin Lynch and John Finn along with two All-Star nominees - Eddie McCormack and Willie McCreery, who is now a Curragh-based racehorse trainer.