*Corofin’s Diarmuid Cahill loses his footing to Brian Ó Beaglaíoch of An Gaeltacht. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography COROFIN have been eliminated from the Munster Intermediate Football Championship at the semi-final stage after a five-point defeat to An Ghaeltacht of Kerry.
*Corofin’s Kevin Keane powers out of defence. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography A STRONG finish which yielded six unanswered points in the last eleven minutes steered Corofin to a merited win over Stradbally in the Munster IFC club quarter-final.
*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.
*Brian McNamara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BRIAN MCNAMARA is named to make a return to the Clare senior football team.
*Colm Rice. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill COROFIN head into this weekend’s opening game in the senior football championship without the experience and leadership qualities of two players who have been regulars in recent seasons.
*Gearoid Kelly hit 0-12 for Corofin. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography COROFIN’s Munster crusade came to an abrupt stop but not without a bit of drama in Limerick City on Saturday evening.
Corofin’s Luke Neylon, Cillian McGoary and Marc O’Loughlin. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography COROFIN have consolidated their senior status and ended Clondegad’s twelve year stint as a top tier club.
*A strong championship from Cillian McGroary would aid Corofin’s chances of making the knockout stages. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography REIGNING CLARE intermediate football champions, Corofin are returning to the senior ranks with a pep in their step and this bounce will leave them with no fear.
Countless milestones, memories and gatherings were taken from our reach in 2020 but once again sport came up trumps in providing joy and solace with many organisations also leading the way when it came local community responses during the pandemic, Head of Sport Páraic McMahon dishes out the gongs in the inaugural Clare Echo Sporting Awards.
Clare have lost out in their bid to win a first Munster minor football title in 67 years.