*Shane Daniels and the Éire Óg players in the pre-match parade. Photograph: Mike Brennan WITH five senior championship medals now to his name, Shane Daniels has the distinction of keeping a clean sheet in both finals that he has lined out in goals for.
*Éire Óg’s Dean Ryan. Photograph: Mike Brennan THERE WAS an extra sense of delight with Éire Óg lifting the Jack Daly on Sunday as it marked the first senior championship won by ex Clare footballer Dean Ryan.
*Gavin Cooney offloads the ball as Daryn Callinan gives chase. Photograph: Mike Brennan LABELLED as favourites before a ball was kicked in this year’s Clare SFC, Éire Óg didn’t pay much heed to the tag according to their goal scorer from Sunday’s county final win.
*Éire Óg players Philip Talty, David McNamara, Darren O’Neill and Ronan Lanigan celebrate. Photograph: Mike Brennan ENNIS AND SHANNON is the home of the senior and intermediate football champions.
*Éire Óg captain Aaron Fitzgerald. Photograph: Mike Brennan EVERYTHING THAT Éire Óg’s footballers did in 2024 was based on workrate, said winning captain Aaron Fitzgerald.
*Oran Cahill in action for Eire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ORAN CAHILL is the youngest member of the Éire Óg starting fifteen, this Sunday is county final day but it is also his twenty first birthday.
Clare SFC 2024 Group 1: Round 1: Éire Óg 0-10 Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-08 on 02/08/24 in Cooraclare Lissycasey 2-16 Kilmihil 0-7 on 03/08/24 in Captain Tubridy Park, Kilrush Round 2: Kilmurry Ibrickane 1-9 Lissycasey 0-9 on 17/08/24 in Cusack Park Éire Óg 3-18 Kilmihil 0-4 on 18/08/24 in Cusack Park Round 3: Kilmurry Ibrickane 2-15 …
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*Fergal O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BROADFORD clubman Fergal O’Brien is to take charge of Sunday’s TUS Clare senior football final between Éire Óg and Kilmurry Ibrickane.
*Joshua Moloney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMURRY IBRICKANE have contested nine of the last seventeen senior championship finals, make it eleven if replays are included but Sunday will be a first decider in the top tier for Joshua Moloney.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane manager, David Egan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DAVID EGAN has married into a staunch Éire Óg family and on Sunday he tows the line as the Kilmurry Ibrickane manager looking to stop the Ennis club from winning a third Jack Daly in four seasons.
