Hurling management turn down Aidan McCarthy’s approach to rejoin Clare panel
*Aidan McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s All-Ireland winning freetaker Aidan McCarthy will not be part of the county panel for this coming year.
*Aidan McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s All-Ireland winning freetaker Aidan McCarthy will not be part of the county panel for this coming year.
*Jonathan Keane celebrates winning the South of Ireland Men’s Amateur Open where he is lifted by Aaron McNulty & Oisin Vaughan. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady KILFENORA’S Jonathan Keane had his finest sporting hour to date when winning a title which had so much personal significance for him.
*Seán Rynne strikes the sliotar beyond Micheál Duffy. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. INAGH/KILNAMONA hit over thirty points on their way to collecting the spoils in their first ever North Clare derby with Corofin in the TUS Clare SHC.
*Inagh/Kilnamona captain, Aidan McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A STAR-studded Inagh/Kilnamona are wary that their first round derby with Corofin could take on “a life of its own”.
*Kevin Hehir is challenged by Páraic O’Loughlin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TWO of the leading contenders for the Canon Hamilton face off in the Clare Cup final this weekend.
*Aidan McCarthy gets away from Éanna McMahon and Breffni Horner. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THREE goals inside the opening eight minutes sent Inagh/Kilnamona back into the Clare Cup final for the second year in a row.
*Aidan McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE HURLER, Aidan McCarthy was dropped from the county senior hurling panel before Saturday’s loss to Tipperary.
*Tony Kelly and Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TONY KELLY returns to the Clare team while Shane O’Donnell is listed among the substitutes for Saturday’s game with Tipperary.
*David Reidy gets away from Robert Downey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DOWN by twelve points at half time, Clare’s senior hurlers had their own Easter Rising to rescue a draw against Cork and indeed were unlucky not to claim a memorable victory.
*Clare players stand for the national anthem in Zimmer Biomet Páirc Cíosóg. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. THERE’s been plenty of discussion following the Rebels’ fifteen point rout of Clare senior’s hurlers on Sunday, Eoin Brennan examines the Banner’s display with the latest player ratings.