*Tony Griffin. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. TONY GRIFFIN has said returning to a Clare hurling set-up is a case of going full circle. Championship coverage on The Clare Echo is brought to you with thanks to McKeoghs Home Garden & DIY located in Killaloe/Ballina.
*Ian Galvin has rattled the net in two of Clare’s last three championship meetings with Tipperary in Thurles. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior hurlers bid to bounce back to winning ways brings them to Thurles this weekend in a game that is likely to decide who will emerge from Munster.
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARE’s senior hurlers have a lot of “soul searching” to do in the wake of their biggest defeat in seven years, manager Brian Lohan has admitted.
*Peter Duggan is outnumbered by Tom Morrissey and Peter Casey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior hurlers fell to their heaviest championship defeat in Brian Lohan’s seven year tenure when going under to Limerick by a resounding fifteen points.
*David McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DAVID McInerney will be available for selection for Clare’s senior hurlers as they welcome Limerick to Cusack Park for a sell-out Munster championship cracker.
*Clare manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARE delivered an excellent attacking performance but will have to shore up defensively, manager Brian Lohan has said.
*Niall O’Farrell and Diarmuid Stritch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. LIFTING league silverware is ideal championship preparation for Clare’s senior hurlers according to manager Brian Lohan.
*Conor Cleary accepts the Division 1B trophy from Jarlath Burns. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE have won Division 1B of the Allianz National Hurling League capping off their start to the season with a seventh win from as many games.
*Pa Howard. A LINK to old Ireland may have been extinguished this week with the death of Pa Howard but his legacy will live on through his work, friends and collection of history.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior hurlers have jetted off to Portugal for a warm-weather training camp.