*Doora/Barefield’s Eoin Lahiffe is held by Cratloe’s Cathal Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SUCCESSIVE wins were picked up by St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield, Corofin, Crusheen and Sixmilebridge as the willwego.com Clare Cup second round took place.
*Conner Hegarty was in fine scoring form for Inagh/Kilnamona. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. INAGH/KILNAMONA and Sixmilebridge laid down markers in the first round of the Clare Cup with notable wins also amassed by St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield, Corofin, Wolfe Tones, Crusheen and Clooney/Quin.
*Conor Finnucane accepts the Cusack Cup from Clare GAA Chairman Kieran Keating. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE GAA have paused plans to have admission charges at domestic league fixtures in the county while over 900 players have been granted status as ‘isolated players’.
CLARE HURLERS played a starring role in UL’s win over DCU in the Fitzgibbon Cup Final.
*Robbie Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ROBBIE HOGAN has returned as manager of the Ballyea senior hurlers for the third time while former Clare manager Donal Moloney has taken charge of his native Scariff.
WITH HIGHS and lows aplenty throughout the sporting year, it’s been twelve months to remember on and off the field with plenty of competition for the sought-after Clare Echo sporting awards.
*PJ Fitzpatrick. Photograph: Joe Buckley DECISIONS made following the findings of the hurling review committee last year as to the structures of the various hurling competitions in 2025 were instrumental in ensuring that a number of motions before this Tuesday’s structures meeting didn’t succeed.
*Feakle/Killanena’s Keith Smyth holds off Matthew Corbett and Evan Maxted of Clooney/Quin. Photograph: Ruth Griffin CLARE HURLING followers can look forward with confidence to more titles for the Banner county on the inter county front in the coming seasons if this weekend’s games in the under 21 championship are an indication.
TWO gold medals, one singles and one doubles and five sliver, (1 singles and 2 sets of doubles) have come to Clre this week from the 2024 World handball championships being hosted in Leinster venues in this, the Centenary year of GAA handball.
*Clare GAA HOO Deirdre Murphy speaking in Amharclann Breandán Ó Beacháin ONE OF the county’s most iconic GAA figures has been remembered with the renaming of the meeting room at the refurbished county GAA headquarters named in his memory.