*A delighted David McNamara keeps a tight grip on the Jack Daly. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. DAVID McNamara was one of the Éire Óg super six to start in both the football and hurling finals as they claimed a historic senior championship double.
*Aaron Fitzgerald with the Jack Daly and Canon Hamilton. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. ÉIRE ÓG have won the senior championship double after scoring 1-8 without reply to shake off the challenge of a gutsy St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield to win a fourth Clare SFC in five seasons.
*Éire Óg manager, Shane Daniels. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A FIVE-TIME Clare SFC winner as a player, Shane Daniels is bidding to win his first as manager this Sunday when Éire Óg take on neighbours St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield.
*Eoghan Thynne scores a goal for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in the first round. ST JOSEPH’S Doora/Barefield head into a first Clare SFC final in thirteen years as underdogs against champions Éire Óg but they will have no fear of taking down the holders according to one of their longest serving players.
*Colm Walsh O’Loghlen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG’s Clare SFC title defence and Clare’s senior footballers have been dealt a blow with confirmation that talented forward Colm Walsh O’Loghlen has sustained a serious knee injury while Fionn Kelleher is expected to make his Doora/Barefield return in the county final.
*St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield defender, Conor O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. COOL HEADS are needed on the big days like county finals, St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield defender Conor O’Brien is always a calm figure within the dressing room, the approach is not just to help the team but also his health.
*Éire Óg’s Mark McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. OFF THE back of his best year in saffron and blue, Mark McInerney is leading the charge with the red and white of Éire Óg as they look to move ahead of Kilrush Shamrocks on the Clare SFC roll of honour.
*Joe & Mark Rafferty. WITHIN THE Rafferty household they have a county final involvement on the double.
*Éire Óg’s Ikem Ugwueru. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHASING THAT winning feeling has Ikem Ugwueru primed for battle as Éire Óg look to win a fourth Clare SFC in five seasons.
*St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield captain, Darragh O’Shea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BELIEF has been building within St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield having taken down two of Clare’s strongest sides, now they must overcome the best in the county to secure the ultimate honour.