‘Empathic’ win for Kildysart ‘will bring us on another level’
*Kildysart’s Emmet McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILDYSART’s “emphatic” eleven point win over Ennistymon showed their championship credentials and has been ‘a long time coming’.
*Kildysart’s Emmet McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILDYSART’s “emphatic” eleven point win over Ennistymon showed their championship credentials and has been ‘a long time coming’.
*Gavin O’Shea celebrates for Doonbeg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BRIAN Shanahan feels no team will fancy meeting his Doonbeg side in the last eight of the Clare SFC.
*Evan Cahill drives forward for Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE maintained their one hundred percent winning record in the Clare SFC, advancing to the quarter-finals for the eleventh year in succession.
*Connor Meaney keeps the ball from Alan Sweeney. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography LISSYCASEY secured their place in the quarter-final of the Clare senior football championship with a hard earned but merited nine point win over St Breckans.
*Diarmuid King of Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE will be without midfielder Diarmuid King for the remainder of the year.
*Tom McDonald drives forward for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ST JOSEPH’S Doora/Barefield snatched a championship lifeline when recording their first to advance to the preliminary quarter-final while pushing Kilmihil into a relegation battle for the third year running.
*Keith O’Connor excelled in midfield for Kildysart. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILDYSART showed some killer instinct to leapfrog Ennistymon to top spot in Group 2 of the Clare SFC with both sides already through to the last eight.
*Oran Cahill gets away from Ralph Whelehan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHAMPIONS ÉIRE Óg sealed top spot in Group 1 of the Clare SFC and a seeded quarter-final berth when comfortably accounting for St Joseph’s Miltown.
*Cathal Killeen keeps the ball from Cratloe’s Ryan Larkin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DOONBEG rampaged for three goals in the last ten minutes to secure a spot in the knockout stages and send 2023 champions Cratloe into the relegation playoffs.
*Paul Frawley keeps the ball from Luke Pyne. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A PLACE in the quarter-finals of the Clare SFC already await St Joseph’s Miltown but facing off with champions Éire Óg is the “acid test” they have been waiting for.