*Chloe Moloney kicked 0-3 for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare’s ladies eventually managed to preserve their unbeaten start to 2024 but only after a dramatic injury-time leveller from Fidelma Marrinan in Cusack Park Ennis on Sunday afternoon.
Banner Ladies celebrate. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Champions for the fourteenth time in sixteen seasons, that’s the boast for Banner ladies football club after they proved too strong for West Clare Gaels in the Clare senior final.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill It will be a gala occasion for Clare ladies football on this Saturday at Miltown when the senior championship final will be the centrepiece.
Aisling Reidy is fouled. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S HOPES of All-Ireland glory in the intermediate ladies football final were dashed by Kildare on Sunday afternoon.
*Clare manager, Wayne Freeman. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography WAYNE FREEMAN is plotting the downfall of his native Kildare as he bids to seal an All-Ireland title for Clare’s ladies footballers in his first season as manager.
*The Harvey sisters, Grainne, Caoimhe and Shauna. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography FEW LINKS remain between the Clare ladies football team which contested the 2016 All-Ireland and this year’s set-up but as ever the involvement of the Harvey family is to the fore.
Laurie Ryan offloads the ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A DRAW was enough to secure Clare’s ladies top spot in Group 2 of the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate championship but more importantly guarantees a home quarter-final.
*Clare captain Caoimhe Harvey in action against Emily Bailey. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CLARE LADIES football captain, Caoimhe Harvey is fully focused on recording back to back wins in the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate championship.
Clare’s elusive quest to regain their senior ladies football status enters a ninth year this Sunday when making their competitive bow in the National League away to Sligo in Curry GAA (2pm).
*Caoimhe Harvey. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography LESS THAN two weeks after giving birth to her first child, Caoimhe Harvey was back on the field, training, and three days later she returned to competitive action.