Kilmaley’s winning run drives them into last eight once again
*Kilmaley’s Tom O’Rourke. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMALEY made it three wins from three to secure successive quarter-final appearances in the TUS Clare SHC.
*Kilmaley’s Tom O’Rourke. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMALEY made it three wins from three to secure successive quarter-final appearances in the TUS Clare SHC.
*Seán Kennedy returned from injury to line out in the second round for Kilmaley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMALEY have been on the standout teams in the Clare SHC but are well aware qualification to the quarter-finals “is not guaranteed yet” ahead of the final round of group games.
*Cormac Murray chases after Gavin White in the Munster SFC semi-final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MUNSTER GAA Chairman Tim Murphy has come under fire for ‘putting Kerry before Munster’ when defeating a proposal from Clare GAA to take home advantage from Cork and Kerry in the Munster SFC semi-finals and finals.
*Kilmaley captain, Mikey O’Malley. Photograph: Ruthie Griffin ANY OF THE TEAMS in Group 4 are capable of qualifying for the Clare SHC quarter-finals, Kilmaley manager Brian Culbert believes.
*Kilmaley’s Tom O’Rourke. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Brian Culbert would be totally forgiven for trying to investigate who is putting pins in a voodoo doll of him and his Kilmaley side as by this stage, it’s almost gone too far.
*Daire Keane was part of the winning team in 2025. Photograph: Tom Micks KILMALEY will be crowning the second-ever winners of the Toughest Tribe as the endurance event returns this weekend.
*Kilmaley manager, Brian Culbert. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BRIAN CULBERT will manage Kilmaley’s senior hurlers for a fourth year.
*Brian McNamara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE midfielder Brian McNamara is sticking with inter-county football for 2026 after turning down repeated offers to join the county senior hurling panel.
*Kilmaley captain, Mikey O’Malley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FINE MARGINS yet again were Kilmaley’s undoing as they exited the TUS Clare SHC.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG emerged two point winners over Kilmaley to seal their place in the TUS Clare SHC final for the first time since 2022.