Kilmaley looking to exorcise the ghosts of championships past
*Kilmaley’s Colm Killeen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill EVERY score and puck matters when it comes to championship, few teams understand that better than Kilmaley.
Clonlara looking to recapture title winning mojo
*Clonlara’s Colm Galvin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Which Clonlara shows up in the Park on Friday evening will go a long way to dictating the outcome of this year’s senior hurling title. That may seem like a dramatic statement, especially before a ball has even been pucked. However, considering the refreshing impact of their 2023 breakthrough …
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Next step for Clare camogie is returning to quarter-finals says Carmody
*Lynda Daly in action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. LOSING by ten points to Waterford in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior camogie quarter-final was a margin that didn’t do Clare justice, manager John Carmody maintained.
Waterford relievedly Rockett to last four following Clare scare
*Jennifer Daly battles with Orla Hickey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior camogie side produced their best display of the year but it wasn’t enough to overcome Waterford with the Déise advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals with a ten point win.
Éire Óg retain Division 2 League title in derby decider
*Éire Óg captain David Reidy accepts the Division 2 trophy from Clare GAA Planning/Training Officer Paddy Smyth, a proud Éire Óg man. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THE last real test before the championship commences saw Éire Óg surprisingly ease to the Real Print Division 2 League honours for the second successive season in Ruan.
O’Brien finishes debut season as Celtic manager with Cup glory
*Eoin O’Brien with his daughter Elin. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC’s twentieth Clare Cup title marked Eoin O’Brien’s first success in his debut season as manager of his native club.
Banner backlash restores pride with first win
PICTURED: Mark Rodgers scored 1-08 for Clare. Photo by Ruth Griffin The curtain finally came down on Clare’s Munster Senior Hurling Championship campaign but not without a final sting in the tail after inflicting a first defeat on neighbours Limerick in the TUS Gaelic Grounds. Munster Senior Hurling Championship Round 5 Clare 3-20 Limerick 0-24 …
Newmarket Celtic clinch twentieth Clare Cup with late winner from Hayes
*Photograph: Joe Buckley Amidst a showdown of almost four seasons, fittingly it was the man of all seasons Eoin Hayes that popped up for a late winner to cement Newmarket Celtic’s historic 20th Clare Cup crown over newcomers Tulla United in Frank Healy Park in Doora.
Contentious calls kill Clare’s Munster Under 20 hopes as Tipp claim the spoils
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill It was an excruciatingly difficult pill to swallow for Clare as their hopes of a first Munster Under 20 Hurling title in eleven years hinged on two contentious decisions entering the final quarter.
Munster final with Tipperary ‘a very exciting prospect’ for Fahy & Clare U20s
*Terence Fahy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CONTESTING a second Munster U20 hurling final in three years is “a very exciting prospect”, Clare manager Terence Fahy has said.