McCarthy on course to collect top scorer award
*Aidan McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. INAGH/KILNAMONA captain Aidan McCarthy is leading the way to claim the MD MyClubShop.ie / The Clare Echo top scorer award.
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Éire Óg on the Marco with Cleary hat-trick to cruise past Wolfe Tones
*Éire Óg’s Marco Cleary is followed by Rory Hayes of Wolfe Tones. Photograph: Ruthie Griffin. ÉIRE ÓG’S bid to retain their Clare SHC crown continues after they powered past Wolfe Tones to secure their place in the semi-finals.
Champions Éire Óg advance to eleventh successive Clare SHC quarter-final
*Éire Óg’s Marco Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A good start was more than half the battle as defending champions Éire Óg extended their exemplary group record to eleven unbeaten matches since 2023 to top Group 2 and power into an eleventh successive knock-out series.
‘We have a very good potent attacking force’ – Éire Óg leap forward in title defence
*Marco Cleary leads the attack for Éire Óg. Photograph: Ruthie Griffin A RETURN OF 3-9 from inside forwards Danny Russell and Marco Cleary has clearly demonstrated the emphasis Éire Óg are placing on their talented full-forward line.
Éire Óg gunned down by Ballygunner in Munster final
*A disappointed Shane O’Donnell watches on as Ballygunner are crowned Munster champions. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. ÉIRE ÓG’s historic hurling season has come to an end at the hands of Ballygunner who have now won more Munster senior hurling titles than any other club in the province.
Qualifying for Munster final has Éire Óg in ‘dreamland’
*Tom Kavanagh and David Reidy celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. QUALIFYING for the Munster club hurling final has left Éire Óg in “dreamland” according to manager Gerry O’Connor.
Éire Óg bring the energy in extra time to seal place in Munster final
*David Reidy commiserates with Brian McGrath at the final whistle. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. ÉIRE ÓG are through to a Munster club senior hurling final for the first time since 1990, overcoming Tipperary’s Loughmore-Castleiney with a powerful extra time showing.
‘There was savage pressure’ – Russell relieved as Éire Óg finally make the hurling breakthrough
*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.
The Water Break: In their own words – how Éire Óg claimed the Canon Hamilton
*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.
‘It is not just another year it is like this could be the year’ – Shane has sights set on Éire Óg breakthrough
*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.