Corofin crowned intermediate champions for fifth time
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. COROFIN will return to the top flight of the Clare football next season after winning the intermediate championship final against Cooraclare.
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‘Managing ten times more stressful than playing’ says Daly as he bids to guide Cooraclare back to top tier
*Cooraclare manager, Martin Daly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MANAGING is “ten times more stressful” than playing according to one of Clare’s greatest forwards Martin Daly.
‘We want to be ready for senior when we go up’ – Cooraclare responsibility resting easy with Brian Mc
*Brian McNamara reacts to a breaking ball. Photograph: James Downes. COORACLARE want to be ready for senior football when they earn their promotion and Brian McNamara is hopeful that time will arrive this weekend.
Cooraclare keep promotion bid on course by beating Banner
*Cooraclare goalkeeper Harry O’Gorman. Photograph: James Downes COORACLARE have qualified for a first Clare IFC final since 2022 after defeating Banner.
PLAYER RATINGS: Stack gives one of Cusack Park’s great goalkeeping displays for Éire Óg
*Éire Óg’s Darren Moroney gets away from Éanna McMahon of Kilmaley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. IT WAS A BATTLE that Éire Óg edged Kilmaley in to claim their place in the TUS Clare SHC final.
Russell’s late rally helps Éire Óg edge Kilmaley in tight tussle to qualify for Clare SHC final
*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.
PLAYER RATINGS: Superior spirit & drive of Kilmaley stark contrast to poor Sixmilebridge showing
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMALEY face off with Éire Óg in this weekend’s Clare SHC semi-final but they got to the last four with a truly dominant vicory over Sixmilebridge.
Cooraclare cause big shock to knock Kilrush out of intermediate championship
*Cooraclare’s Kevin Marrinan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IN THE first major shock in this year’s Clare football championship across all grades, raging hot favourites Kilrush have been dumped out of the race for intermediate honours by Cooraclare.
Rampant Kilmaley ensure that it was a ‘Bridge too far for last year’s finalists
*Kilmaley’s Sean Kennedy delivers the ball into attack. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMALEY advance to their first Clare Senior Hurling Championship semi-final in seven years but one wouldn’t have thought it from what seemed a grizzled veteran’s performance.
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.