*Jason Linnane of Doonbeg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DOONBEG had the edge on St Joseph’s Miltown when they met in last year’s relegation semi-final and the Magpies are determined to maintain the upperhand when it comes to their first round tie this Friday.
*Stephen Sheehan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill EIGHTEEN years after last tasting senior championship action, Kildysart commence a brand new chapter in their club’s history in Páirc Finne in Corofin this Friday evening.
*Ciaran Russell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. HISTORY MAY beckon for Éire Óg but for now everyone involved with their senior footballs is paying little credence to the annals of time.
*Denis O’Callaghan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN ELEMENT of continuity exists despite a change of management for St Breckan’s but they will hope that their status as contenders transpires to reality.
*Lissycasey’s Matt O’Shea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Back-to-back semi-finalists as recently as 2021, Lissycasey could line out for their latest tilt at the Jack Daly with just a mere third of the team that lined out in that final October penultimate stage clash against Kilmurry Ibrickane.
*Sean Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Cratloe’s latest dual senior championship tilt appeared to be going swimmingly until last Friday’s spanner in the works.
*Ennistymon’s Liam Cotter. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON built strong foundations with their journey to the county final last season but with the dawning of a new campaign they must now begin the process brick by brick of assembling their journey back there.
*Daniel Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THREE YEARS APART from Jack Daly is viewed as an awful long time for Kilmurry Ibrickane, organising a reunion is on their minds as they chase a seventeenth senior title.
*Seanie Malone forms part of an experienced backline for St Joseph’s Miltown. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ST JOSEPH’S MILTOWN head into this season’s Clare senior football championship on the back of impressive runs in the Garry and O’Gorman cup competitions, both of which they won.
AMID the backdrop of a countywide thunderstorm, the draws for the 2023 Clare GAA club championships were held at Hotel Woodstock on Wednesday evening.