*Éire Óg’s Danny Russell. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. THERE WAS a pressure like no other on Éire Óg to reach the summit of Clare hurling and end a thirty five year wait for honours, their longest serving player has said.
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin There were emotional scenes at the final whistle in Zimmer Biomet Pairc Chiósóg as Éire Óg ended their long wait for TUS Clare Senior Hurling Championship glory.
*Éire Óg’s Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SHANE O’Donnell has his sights on flying to the moon but his immediate focus is trying to win a first Clare SHC with Éire Óg on Sunday.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG emerged two point winners over Kilmaley to seal their place in the TUS Clare SHC final for the first time since 2022.
*Éire Óg defender Liam Corry. Photograph: Mike Brennan. ANY OF THE eight teams left standing in the TUS Clare SHC are capable of lifting the Canon Hamilton, Éire Óg manager Gerry O’Connor maintained.
*Éire Óg’s Darren Moroney doesn’t let the hurley of Feakle’s Oisin Clune distract him. Photograph: Mike Brennan FOURTEEN MAN Éire Óg held off the challenge of county champions Feakle by four points, a result that sees both sides advance to the quarter-finals.
*Shane O’Donnell is fouled. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG have qualified for a tenth successive Clare SHC quarter-final after dismantling the challenge of Wolfe Tones when recording a fourteen point win.
*Éire Óg’s Darren O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. QUARTER-FINALISTS for the last nine years, Éire Óg’s hurlers are eager to emulate the club’s football counterparts in their quest for championship glory.
*Éire Óg captain David Reidy accepts the Division 2 trophy from Clare GAA Planning/Training Officer Paddy Smyth, a proud Éire Óg man. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THE last real test before the championship commences saw Éire Óg surprisingly ease to the Real Print Division 2 League honours for the second successive season in Ruan.
*Aaron Griffin and Liam Corry in action. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. GIVING game-time to younger players was the primary aim for Ballyea and Éire Óg in this year’s league but both clubs now find themselves sixty minutes away from winning the Division 2 league title.