Aidan Fawl in action for O’Callaghans Mills. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. O’Callaghan’s Mills produced a rousing eight point second half turnaround to seal their place in the last four of the Munster Intermediate club championship semi-final.
*Conor Cooney (centre) celebrates with family. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. SEALING a return to the top tier of Clare hurling brought a sense of “relief” for O’Callaghans Mills and their full-back Conor Cooney.
*Darragh Moroney offloads as James Cullinan closes in. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill O’CALLAGHANS MILLS’ bid to bounce back to the top tier of Clare hurling at the first attempt is well and truly alive following a storming second half display against Ruan.
*Conor Ryan (FG). O’CALLAGHANS MILLS native Conor Ryan (FG) has been selected to take the seat of Joe Cooney TD (FG) on Clare County Council.
*Cormac Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BLOOD may be thicker than water but the villages of O’Callaghan’s Mills and Broadford are thankful that the lakes of Lough Gar and Doon Lough separate them as their East Clare derby rivalry is elevated to unprecedented heights in Clonlara this Friday evening (7.30pm).
*Avenue Utd’s Mossy Hehir. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AVENUE UTD will celebrate Christmas and ring in the New Year at top of the table in the Maloney Hardware CDSL Premier Division.
*O’Callaghans Mills’ Conor Cooney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill To say that the recent Clare Cup triumph was a welcome jolt for O’Callaghan’s Mills would pehaps be one of the understatements of the entire year as expectations levels certainly didn’t reflect the reality.
*Bryan Donnellan rolled back the years for the Mills. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A twenty year gap was bridged at Dr. Daly Park in Tulla on Sunday afternoon when O’Callaghans Mills defeated Scariff to qualify for the FutureTicketing Clare Cup (senior hurling league) final.
Conor Cleary wins the ball from Conor Whelan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior hurlers fell to their second defeat of this year’s National Hurling League and with that look unlikely to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition.
*Gary Cooney and David Tuohy in action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARECASTLE AND O’CALLAGHANS MILLS finished all square in the keenly contested Clare SHC Group B clash.