*Kilmurry Ibrickane manager, James Murrihy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill
James Murrihy is to continue as manager of the Kilmurry Ibrickane senior footballers while their neighbours St Joseph’s Miltown have a new management in place for 2023.
For a second year, Murrihy will be in charge of the sixteen time champions. He has assembled a new backroom team for the coming year.
Galway’s James Mannion who has coached the Leitrim U20 footballers and St Jarlath’s College senior team will coach the Bricks this year. Kilmihil’s Enda O’Halloran who worked as a selector for Murrihy with the Clare intermediate ladies footballers and the Kilmihil senior ladies football side links up with him again, as selector.
Gary Sexton is the S&C coach with Diarmuid Whelan remaining involved for stats and video analysis.
Former Clare footballers Odran O’Dwyer a seven time senior championship winner the club and David Russell who has senior championship medals from 2003 and 2005 where he played a central role with St Senan’s Kilkee have not returned to the management. Kevin Sexton has also left his role as selector.
Ex Dublin and Clare coach, Mick Bohan has had an involvement with the club’s senior side in recent years including last season. It is unclear at yet if he will be part of the backroom team for 2023.
Neighbouring club, St Joseph’s Miltown will have a new management team in 2023. Liscannor man Martin Guerin takes over from Martin Flynn as team manager and he will be joined by another Liscannor man, John McDonagh and Miltown’s Jim Marrinan.
Flynn a Munster SFC winner in 1992 was appointed last year and had former Clare ladies football manager Neil Moynihan as the side’s coach with Michael Talty and Michael Ryan as selectors.
Miltown also have a new executive for 2023 with Francis Lynch as chairman, Brian Ball as secretary and Seamus Byrne as treasurer. Other members of the executive are Frank Minogue and Michael McDonagh (vice chairmen and county board reps), Francis Cahill (assistant secretary), Michael Howe (PRO), Gerry O’Connor (registrar), Seamus Byrne (Cultural and Irish officer), Jackie Delaney(children’s officer). Gerard Talty (Field manager), Joe Talty (Bord na nOg), Sheila Murphy (Ladies club rep), Seanie Malone (players rep), Paddy Egan, Cathal O’Loughlin, John Jones, Maurice Reidy (committee members).
