Unbeaten Kilmaley move to top spot in Group 2
*Seán O’Loughlin takes on Oisin Clune. Photograph: Ruth Griffin TWO WINS from as many outings have moved Kilmaley to top spot in Group 2 of the Clare SHC.
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Miltown down Doonbeg to be back in the mix for knockout stages
Oisin Looney celebrates. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill QUICKER to pounce for rebounds which led to their goals and that bit sharper over the hour, St Joseph’s Miltown overcame Doonbeg to put their championship campaign back on track.
Arrival of Liam MacCarthy brings big lift to Cahercalla
*100 year old George Casey with Conor Cleary, Aidan McCarthy and Eibhear Quilligan. Photograph: John Mangan RESIDENTS OF Cahercalla Community Hospital and Nursing Home received a great lift on Bank Holiday Monday with the visit of a certain Liam MacCarthy.
Kilmaley show killer instinct with 26 point win over Corofin
*Kilmaley’s Seán O’Loughlin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMALEY got their championship campaign off to a flyer when they ran riot against Corofin on Saturday.
Kilmaley target improvement on last year’s run to quarter-finals
*Kilmaley captain, Daire Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMALEY will be going all out to start the TUS Clare SHC on a high note.
Decision making on the ball costly for Miltown who now have ‘massive battle’ with Doonbeg
*Cormac Murray is kept under pressure by Padraigh Chaplin and Diarmuid Ryan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin DECISION MAKING proved costly for St Joseph’s Miltown when they fell to a five point defeat to county champions Cratloe in the opening round of the TUS Clare senior football championship.
Miltown look to hit the high notes
*Eoin O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ‘LOVELY OLD MILTOWN’ is the ballad and while St Joseph’s Miltown have age on their side, that brings with it experience and for their cause a winning know-how.
Cleary goes through the pain barrier again for the Clare cause
*Ian Galvin and Conor Cleary celebrate at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CONOR Cleary can never be accused of not giving his all when wearing the county jersey and the All-Ireland final was another such example of him giving every last drop in saffron and blue.
Lohan ‘feels great’ to become All-Ireland winning manager & to see Clare team win ‘the ultimate reward’
*Brian Lohan is lifted shoulder high in Shannon. Photograph: Eamon Ward ALL-IRELAND winning Clare manager, Brian Lohan has expressed his delight at the county’s hurlers securing “the ultimate reward in hurling”.
‘Maybe it was one of the greatest All-Irelands but all that matters is the Liam MacCarthy is coming to Clare’ – Bugler
*Brendan Bugler with his son Darragh on the field in Croke Park. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN ALL-IRELAND winner as a player, Brendan Bugler added the distinction of coaching his county to win the ultimate honours.