League fixtures confirmed for Clare’s hurlers & footballers
*Clare’s Peter Duggan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s Allianz hurling and football league campaigns will begin on the last weekend in January.
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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.
Lessons from the league: Clare football side coming together but big championship scalp needed
*Clare’s contingent of Dermot Coughlan, Ciaran Downes, Peter Keane, Keelan Sexton & Ikem Ugwueru. CHAMPIONSHIP is just a week away, the early season silverware has been handed out in the National Leagues, Clare were empty-handed in this regard but The Clare Echo’s Head of News & Sport, Páraic McMahon examines what can we learn from …
‘We take real pride in performing in Cusack Park’ – Clare captain Brennan
*Clare captain, Cillian Brennan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s footballers take “a huge sense of pride” in playing in Cusack Park and in winning all home games in the 2025 Allianz National Football League.
Clare player ratings vs Offaly: Rouine revels in move to centre-back
*Clare’s Cillian Rouine offloads possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DIVISION 3 awaits Clare’s senior footballers for the third successive season despite their five point win over Offaly in the final round, Páraic McMahon rates the performances of the twenty players in saffron and blue to feature in this outing.
‘We’re staying at home & everyone else is going to the dance’ – Keane reflects on Clare missing out on promotion
*Clare manager, Peter Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior footballers are disappointed to have missed out on promotion to Division 2 especially after beating the two teams making the jump to the second tier.
Brian Mc rising above for Clare in ‘more exciting’ role for midfielders
*Brian McNamara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. NEW RULES and a stronger emphasis on fielding has made gaelic football “more exciting”, Clare midfielder Brian McNamara has said.
Clare see off Offaly but miss out on promotion
*Dermot Coughlan is challenged. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior footballers will be playing in Division 3 for a third season in succession, their five point win over Offaly was not sufficient to see them promoted to the second tier.
Lanigan & Coughlan included in Clare team for first time in 2025 for crunch Offaly outing
*Ronan Lanigan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill RONAN LANIGAN and Dermot Coughlan will make their first starts of the year for the Clare senior footballers in their crunch final round tie against Offaly on Sunday.
Clare player ratings vs Laois: Griffin shows what he can do in Clare jersey
*Aaron Griffin in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A TEN POINT swing saw Clare’s senior footballers defeat Laois in what was an essential result to keep promotion hopes alive, Páraic McMahon rates the Banner displays.