Championship debut for Meehan with Duggan reinstated to starting side
*Shane Meehan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SHANE MEEHAN is to make his championship debut for the Clare senior hurlers this Sunday.
*Shane Meehan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SHANE MEEHAN is to make his championship debut for the Clare senior hurlers this Sunday.
It’s fitting that 25 years on from Clare’s greatest ever championship feat of beating neighbours Tipperary in both the Munster and All-Ireland finals, the Lohan brothers are back leading the Banner cause. As he was in 1997, Brian has take a central role on the field but younger sibling Frank is also part of the …
*Rory Hayes. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography The fact that this is Rory Hayes’ first taste of provincial round-robin action only adds to the Wolfe Tones’ clubman’s anticipation of Sunday’s lift-off in Thurles.
*Adam Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BRIAN LOHAN has added three members of the Clare U20 team to his senior panel ahead of the start of the Munster senior hurling championship.
*James Owens directs Conor Cleary away from the goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WEXFORD’s James Owens has been confirmed as the referee for Clare’s Munster SHC first round tie with Tipperary.
*Photograph: Chris Copley HEAD OF NEWS & SPORT with The Clare Echo, Páraic McMahon takes a look at the learnings from Clare’s National Hurling League campaign.
Rory Hayes with supporters in Thurles. Photograph: Joe Buckley TICKETS GO ON SALE this morning for Clare’s Munster championship games.
Chloe Morey strikes under pressure from Karen O’Leary. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CLARE’s senior camogie side will be involved in a double-header with their hurling counterparts in the Munster championship.
Clare finished their 2022 Allianz National League campaign with defeat to neighbours Galway in a game where there was nothing else up for grabs other than a third-place finish in the standings after both Cork and Wexford had secured the semi-final berths in the previous round of action.
*Brian Lohan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography A GROWING spirit within the Clare senior hurling panel has been hailed as the main positive of their Allianz National Hurling League campaign to date.