Clare fly into top half of Division 3 with nine point win over Limerick
*Eoin Cleary and Manus Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE have stormed to the top half of Division 3 with a third win on the bounce for Paul Madden’s footballers.
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Clare player ratings vs Fermanagh: Big hits rolled out to ignite Clare challenge
*Brendy Rouine congratulates Ikem Ugwueru. Photograph: Ruth Griffin BIG HITS helped Clare to finally get off the mark in the 2026 National Football League, leaving Enniskillen with their first points of the campaign.
Clare footballers release four weeks of tension by collecting first league win
*Clare goalkeeper Stephen Ryan is congratulated following Sunday’s win. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. PICKING up a coveted first league win of 2026 can be a turning point in igniting Clare’s season, football manager Paul Madden is hoping.
Clare’s league campaign on the rocks following Westmeath loss
*Mark McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BACK TO BACK defeats has Clare’s footballers now switching their focus from promotion aspirations to avoiding relegation.
From Hype to Hindsight: The Peter Keane Experiment in Clare
*Clare in 2026 will have a fourth manager of the senior footballers in as many years. PETER KEANE’s tenure as Clare senior football manager ended officially on Sunday, but it should have come to a halt long before then.
Stack swings the tie in St Breckans’ favour against Wolfe Tones
*Jamie Stack gets away from Shane Nihill. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ST BRECKANS ran out eight point winners over Wolfe Tones in Group 3’s opening round in the TUS Clare SFC.
Promotion was main goal for Kilrush & St Breckans but both determined to taste Garry Cup glory
*Tadhg Lysaght of Kilrush Shamrocks in action with St Breckans’ Mark O’Donnell. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography. LEAGUE promotion was the main aim for St Breckan’s and Kilrush Shamrocks when they commenced their Garry Cup campaigns, that objective has been achieved and it’s bonus territory to be vying for silverware this weekend.
‘We gifted Kerry a fast start in the lion’s den’ – Sweeney reflects on third Munster final loss
*Alan Sweeney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DESPITE placing a focus on not allowing Kerry gain dominance early on in the Munster final, Clare did exactly that and it added to the disappointment of a third provincial final loss for wing-back Alan Sweeney.
New rules, new management but Sweeney serving as a constant fixture in Clare defence
*Clare defender Alan Sweeney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BETWEEN management, the backroom team and rules there’s a lot of newness regarding Clare football but wing-back Alan Sweeney is remaining a constant amidst the changes.
Comfortable league victory over Leitrim gets Clare campaign up & running
*Ikem Ugwueru was Clare’s goal scorer. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s footballers ran out thirteen point winners over Leitrim to get their Division 3 campaign up and running in the Allianz National Football League.