*Keith Stritch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Smith O’Briens, Corofin and Whitegate have edged closer to the play-offs in the intermediate hurling championship following round two victories over Tubber, Ruan and O’Callaghans Mills while Parteen/Meelick and Bodyke got their challenge for honours off to a winning start with victories over fancied Sixmilebridge and Tulla sides.
*Conor O’Brien charges out of the St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield defence. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography TWISTS and turns lay ahead in the Clare senior football championship but St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield are delighted to have passed the first junction with a win under their belts.
*Dara Nagle had an important goal-line clearance in the closing stages. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ST JOSEPH’S DOORA/BAREFIELD TOOK one step towards making the knockout stages of the Clare senior football championship when overcoming last year’s beaten semi-finalists Corofin. St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield 1-11 Corofin 0-12 Venue: Wolfe Tones GAA Grounds, Shannon In a repeat of the …
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*Corofin’s Damien O’Loughlin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REACHING THE last four of the Clare SFC in their first season back in the top tier was a case of coming back with a bang to the senior grade for Corofin, now they must replicate the act in order to maintain this level of progress.
*St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield’s Tom McDonald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TWO UNSUCCESSFUL outings in the Clare senior hurling championship has strengthened the determination within the ranks of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield to kick their football campaign off on a winning note.
*Whitegate’s Ian Fahy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WHITEGATE and Corofin handed out 28 and 24 point respective beatings in the opening round of the Clare IHC which also saw Inagh/Kilnamona, Smith O’Briens and Sixmilebridge record victories.
*Ronan Monahan weaves through the Smith O’Briens defence of Evan Connolly, Cian Nolan and Mark Stritch. Photograph: Ruth Griffin TWO MORE teams will be relegated from the senior ranks this season so the opportunity to jump from the intermediate grade to the top tier is all the greater for the fifteen teams in action.
*Photograph: John Mangan A COST BENEFIT of the Cliffs of Moher to surrounding areas of North Clare is to be included as a specific element of a new strategy for one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions.
*The Burren. NORTH CLARE REPRESENTATIVES have criticised the lack of energy applied to linking the planned West Clare Greenway with the UNESCO Global Geo Park in the Burren.
THE Corofin Agriculture Show takes place on Saturday (July 22), with free entry for children who will be entertained with music, facepainting, animals and more.
