No Clare hurler included among All Star nominees
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin FOR THE first time since 2019, Clare will not have an All Star on the hurling team of the year.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
‘Cork are favourites but it could go either way’ – Lohan says All-Ireland final is too tight to call
*Tipperary manager Liam Cahill with Clare manager Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. REIGNING All-Ireland winning manager Brian Lohan says Sunday’s final between the “traditional superpowers” Cork and Tipperary is too hard to call.
‘If he wants to stay he will’ – seventh season likely for Lohan
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THERE has been no communication with Clare’s senior hurling panel on the future of Brian Lohan as manager, one of the side’s star players has admitted.
‘There’s no way we’re not going to go again’ – O’Donnell says no decisions made but exits from Clare camp unlikely
*Shane O’Donnell in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TWO-TIME All-Ireland winner Shane O’Donnell has said retirements from the Clare camp are unlikely given the manner in which the county’s defence of the All-Ireland title panned out.
All-Ireland champions Clare knocked out of the championship
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin ALL-IRELAND champions Clare have been knocked out of the championship.
Clare GAA Head of Operations thanks club secretaries following ticket tension
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE GAA’s Head of Operations acknowledged the contribution of voluntary club officials following issues with online sales of All-Ireland final tickets.
Clare success is unbelievably mad & magical for Reidy
*Kathyrn Fahy, David Reidy and Robin Mounsey celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TEN YEARS on from joining the Clare senior hurling panel, David Reidy’s wait for a coveted All-Ireland medal came to an end.
Special feeling for Quilligan as All-Ireland success brings him to dreamland
*Eibhear Quilligan celebrates in Croke Park. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FEAKLE led the way across Co Clare in contracting All-Ireland final fever and the build-up in the East Clare village added extra motivation for the county’s goalkeeper Eibhear Quilligan.
Captaining Clare to All-Ireland glory ‘the best thing I will ever do in hurling’ – Kelly
*Tony Kelly lifts the Liam McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CAPTAINING Clare to All-Ireland glory “is the best thing I probably will ever do in hurling,” Tony Kelly has said.
‘I knew he was looking down on me’ – Hogan remembers late grandfather Galway icon Phelim Murphy following All-Ireland glory
*Adam Hogan bursts out of defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TEAK TOUGH defender, Adam Hogan said his late grandfather was watching down on him as he became an All-Ireland champion.