*Mark McInerney takes on Joey Rouine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG have begun preparations for a third Clare SFC final in four years but manager Paul Madden is quick to point out they have won nothing yet.
*Cratloe’s Eoin Carey is swarmed by Caoilfhinn O’Dea and Daryn Callinan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FINALISTS have been confirmed in the senior and intermediate football championships.
*Darren O’Brien leads the charge for Éire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG ran out fourteen point winners over Ennistymon in an incredibly drab semi-final encounter to tee up a final showdown with Kilmurry Ibrickane.
*Daryn Callinan and Keelan Sexton celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE are back in the TUS Clare SFC final for the first time since 2021 after ending Cratloe’s reign as county champions.
*Cathal O’Connor. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SEMI-FINAL action in the TUS Clare senior and intermediate football championships dominates the action in the local GAA scene this weekend.
*Gordon Kelly gets away from Shane Hickey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A MONTH of a break between games in the Clare SFC managed to zap the momentum of St Joseph’s Miltown as they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
*Martin O’Leary celebrates at the final whistle in Miltown Malbay. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMIHIL want to become ‘a seasoned senior team’ after consolidating their status in the top tier.
*Alan Sweeney of St Breckans. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WINDY conditions in Miltown Malbay forced a return “to the old stuff” in gaelic football where Ennistymon reigned supreme over St Breckan’s.
*Ennistymon’s Cillian Rouine breaks the challenge of Rowan Danaher. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ENNISTYMON are adamant they are the underdogs of the final four teams remaining in the Clare senior football championship.
*Gordon Kelly’s route is blocked by Daniel Walsh and Keelan Sexton. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill PENULTIMATE stages in the TUS Clare senior and intermediate football championships are just around the corner.