Éire Óg cap off fairytale season with chaotic finish seeing them beat Cratloe in U21B decider
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG are Clare U21B Football Champions after overcoming the challenge of Cratloe, who failed to score in extra-time.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG are Clare U21B Football Champions after overcoming the challenge of Cratloe, who failed to score in extra-time.
*Inagh/Kilnamona joint captains Shane Woods and Seán Rynne. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. INAGH/KILNAMONA went ahead for the first time on fifty seven minutes to go on to become U21A hurling champions for the fourth time beating Éire Óg.
*Inagh/Kilnamona’s Fred Hegarty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG will look to win a first U21A hurling title since 2010 and Inagh/Kilnamona are striving to bridge a seven year gap when the clubs meet in Sunday’s county final.
*Jack O’Halloran and Darren Moroney battle for possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG’s brilliant season on the domestic front continued as they qualified for the final of the Berwick Callinan Murphy U21A hurling final.
*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.
*Manus Doherty on his way to scoring Éire Óg’s second goal. ÉIRE ÓG’s bid for back to back Clare SFC titles and a rare senior double came another step closer to becoming a reality after overcoming Lissycasey to make the county football final for the second year running.
*Éire Óg’s Gavin D’Auria. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SQUAD DEPTH has made Éire Óg’s footballers the envy of every other senior club in the county.
*Éire Óg defenders Ciaran Russell and Liam Corry surround Kilmaley’s Éanna McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG’s “fighting spirit” proved decisive in overcoming Kilmaley in a real semi-final battle to qualify for a first Clare SHC final since 2022.
*Éire Óg defender, Ciaran Russell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A “FASCINATING GAME” is on the horizon with Éire Óg facing Kilmaley in an eagerly awaited TUS Clare SHC semi-final.
*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.