The 2023 All-Ireland hurling semi-final is not an occasion that Clooney-Quin and Clare mid- fielder/forward Ryan Taylor has fond memories of. In that game he suffered a cruciate knee injury which would keep him out of action for twelve months. To add to the woe, Clare lost out to Kilkenny in that tie in Croke …
HEADING into his eleventh season as a member of the Care senior football squad Eoin Cleary will be familiar with the routine. Putting in the hard work in early season training and getting points on the board in the early league games are key to a good season, according to the Miltown St Josephs clubman. …
The 2024 GAA season will always hold a special place for the Clare senior hurlers and their management and this is particularly true for outstanding defender Adam Hogan from Feakle. His season started with Fitzgibbon cup success with Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. National league and All-Ireland success followed with Clare before attention switched to the …
CLARE begin the defence of their Allianz league title on Sunday at Cusack Park when they take on Kilkenny in what will be a repeat of last year’s final. They will do so without almost half of the team which helped the county to both league and All-Ireland senior honours last year. “Our approach will …
Two Clare schools will contest Munster colleges hurling finals next week. St.Flannans College Ennis and Scariff Community college both recorded comfortable victories in their semi-final games against Cork opposition this Wednesday afternoon, highlighting the current strong state of hurling in the Banner county St. Flannans 3-20 Gaelcholaiste Mhuire AG 2-7 A powerful opening which saw …
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*PICTURED: Avenue United goalscorer Ronan Kerin. Photo by Joe Buckley There was mixed luck for Clare clubs in this Sunday’s FAI junior cup last 32 ties. Avenue United have progressed to the last 16in the competition but there as heartbreak for Bridge United who went down to Evergreen FC from Kilkenny. They scored the winner …
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The January meeting of Clare GAA took place last night, Tuesday, at Clareabbey when provisional start up dates for the club leagues and county championships were outlined while the decision of the GAA authorities to charge under 16’s an entry fee of €5 for National league fixtures (division 1 and 2 in football and division …
*David Egan Kilmurry-Ibrickane With the start of the 2025 domestic playing season fast approaching, clubs across the county are busy putting plans in place for the new season. While the majority of clubs have their management teams in place, a number have yet to finalise their backroom teams for the coming season, including senior sides …
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The draw for the Clare soccer cup was held on Monday night at Frank Healy Park during a committee meeting of the Clare league. There will be five preliminary rounds as follows: Connolly Celtic v Newmarket Celtic A; Hermitage B v Sporting Ennistymon; Lifford v Shannon Hibs B; Rhine Rovers v Shannon Hibs A; Coole …
Trailing by five points with just ten minutes to go and playing against a stiff wind, not many would have forecast that St. Flannan’s College, Ennis would end up winning this exciting Dr. Harty cup quarter final tie played at Fethard on Monday. St. Flannans 2-16 Midleton CBS 1-18 The Ennis side simply refused to accept defeat …
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