*Kildysart’s Kieran O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill HAVING been constantly told that they were a senior team in everything but actuality during their arduous intermediate hoodoo of four heartbreaking final defeats in six years, it must have seemed as if a weight was lifted off Kildysart’s shoulders last year when soaring in their top flight return …
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*Colm O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WITH only one victory under their belts in 2024 and that an ultimately fruitless last-ditch attempt to stave off relegation from the Cusack Cup, St Breckan’s will inevitably have a greater emphasis on this Friday’s opening senior championship tie more than most.
*James Curran. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IF St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield were floated on the stock market, they would arguably be on every stockbrokers’ radar right now.
*Paul Flanagan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ONE irritating stigma that has consistently been thrown at Clare nationally over the past decade is that this team peaked in 2013 and were almost lucky to claim that crown as they failed to back it up ever since.
*Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE WHEEL turns full circle for Shane O’Donnell this Sunday when eleven years after his indelible All-Ireland Final debut as a carefree teenager, he faces the same opponents at the same stage in an almost eerie decider rematch against the Rebels once more.
*Clare manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill For the first time in his five year reign in charge of the Clare senior hurlers, Brian Lohan has a full hand to choose from, a fittingly opportune factor ahead of his biggest game as he leads out the Banner in Croke Park in Sunday’s All-Ireland decider against …
*Mark Rodgers reacts to a missed opportunity. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill There was no stopping Limerick’s historic drive for an unprecedented six-in-a-row of Munster Senior hurling crowns as Clare were made to suffer their third final defeat on the trot in FBD Sem-ple Stadium in Thurles.
*Clare’s John Conlon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill For the first time in a quarter of a century, Clare will contest a third consecutive Munster Senior Hurling Final after eventually holding off hosts Tipperary in FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles.
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT CAME down to the first quarter for Clare’s minor footballers as they exited the Munster championship, manager Dermot Coughlan maintained.
*Clare’s Conor Burke. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Unfortunately Clare’s shot at a first Munster Minor Football Final in four years was over before it even got started in Quilty on Tuesday evening.