*St Breckan’s defeated Kildysart in the 2022 Cusack Cup final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A NEW SPONSOR has been unveiled for the Clare Cup and Cusack Cup, the adult league competitions of Clare GAA and also the U17 leagues.
*Prominent local referee Jim Hickey. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CLARE GAA will be holding a referee information evening this coming Monday as they bid to increase the amount of whistle blowers in the county.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CLARE GAA are to benefit as Munster GAA plan to recruit twenty new Games Development staff.
*Dan Keating and Kilmihil will form part of a new amalgamation in the Clare SFC. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Representatives of a number of dual clubs were loud in their criticism of the fixtures schedule agreed for underage games for the 2023 season when speaking at the February meeting of Clare GAA which took place at …
*Michael O’Malley and the Kilmaley senior hurlers are the reigning Clare Cup champions. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE GAA’s February meeting which takes place on Monday night at Hotel Woodstock will be asked to ratify a masters fixture plan for the season which proposes the weekend of March 11th/12th for the opening rounds of the hurling …
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Clare will begin their 2023 Allianz division 2 football league campaign this Sunday without two of the squad’s most experienced players from the past decade. David Tubridy, the league’s all time top scorer, recently announced his retirement from inter county football after fifteen years of outstanding service to Clare. As a result the longest serving …
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Proposals to change the format of a number of adult hurling and football championships were debated at the January meeting of Clare GAA which took place on Tuesday night at the Temple Gate hotel. After much discussion in which views for and against the proposals were offered, it was decided to defer decisions until the …
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THE year has reached its end, so let’s dive right into it. Here, The Clare Echo brings its readers some highlights on the year just gone. What were the biggest stories, which local characters caught our attention in 2022? It’s time for the 2022 News Year in Review. Most read online 1 Viral Lisdoonvarna video …
Scariff-Ogonnelloe 1-16 St. Josephs 1-8 The curtain came down on the Clare GAA playing season for 2022 on this Friday afternoon and it ended on a high for the Scariff-Ogonnelloe amalgamation. Seven days after the East Clare combination captured the county under 21 A hurling championship title for the first time, the neighbouring clubs combined …
*Referee Rory McGann ducks for cover as Damien Browne clears his lines. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill PUBLIC ATTITUDE towards referees’ decisions needs to change and become more balanced, the county’s referee administrator has said.
