*Fidelma Marrinan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Mark Twain’s famous quote about ‘never letting the truth get in the way of a good story’ immediately sprang to mind when enquiring about Fidelma Marrinan’s different coloured playing boots that she wears for both club and county.
Almost 60 years in existence, Scariff Rugby Club is in the midst of its most exciting period of development following the completion of an unprecedented indoor 4G Arena at their home grounds at Fossabeg.
With the National Football Leagues returning alongside the reopening of barbers, the almost superstitious ritual that is the championship haircut couldn’t have been better timed.
Every player in the country is inevitably delighted to be back in the collective training and match environment once more but for Aoife Keane you can infinitely multiple that elation.
With the cloud looming over the camogie fixture masterplan finally dissipating on Tuesday afternoon, Clare can thankfully put all their concentration back on commencing the 2021 season this weekend.
*Aron Shanagher in action against Limerick’s Sean Finn. Photograph: Martin Connolly Last seen in gamer mode taking out opponents in ‘Call of Duty’ alongside Shane O’Donnell and Diarmuid Ryan for a Club Clare promotional video a few weeks back, Aron Shanagher is primed to answer the call to arms once more for Clare as they …
After almost 17 weeks of inactivity, the countdown is finally on for the reopening of Ennis Golf Club on Monday. And for Club President Steve Burns, it simply couldn’t come soon enough.
It may not have been the 125th anniversary that they initially envisaged but Spanish Point Golf Club are eager to make the most of the quasquicentennial milestone from the end of April.
*Johnny Callinan. Photograph: Joe Buckley Depending on your vintage, the release of John Callinan’s autobiography ‘To Play, To Live’ is either a welcome lockdown leap down memory lane to an era in which Clare were a match for anyone in the land or a timely introductory insight into one of the county’s greatest ever hurlers.
*The generations of O’Keeffes, Michael Jnr, Michael Snr and Anne. Photograph: John Mangan Tulla’s sporting infrastructure understandably evokes an immense source of local pride, with The Cragg (Tulla United), Dr. Daly Memorial Park (Tulla GAA Club) and now Creamery Park Road (Tulla Athletic Club) forming an enviable triumvirate for the town.
