Champions Éire Óg blow Cratloe away in opening round
*Dean Ryan gets away from Jack McInerney. Photograph: Mike Brennan CHAMPIONS Éire Óg kicked off their Clare SFC title defence with an emphatic eighteen point win over 2023 winners Cratloe.
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Cusack Cup decider serves as championship dress rehearsal for Éire Óg & Doora/Barefield
*Niall McMahon and Michael Nash jump for the ball as Aidan McGrath and Conor O’Brien await the break. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SUNDAY’s Cusack Cup final is episode two in the triology of battles between neighbours Éire Óg and St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield this season.
‘People have been talking about our squad all year, we’re not afraid to use it’ – new leaders emerge for Éire Óg
*Éire Óg’s Jarlath Collins. Photograph: Mike Brennan STRENGTH in depth has been a tag attributed to Éire Óg’s footballers all season but it was clear to see on Sunday as they survived a big scare from Adare to seal their place in a second Munster club semi-final in four seasons.
Eimear Considine calls time on rugby career
Eimear Considine. Photograph: INPHO/Evan Treacy KILMIHIL’s Eimear Considine has announced her retirement from rugby at the age of thirty three.
Madden masterminds Éire Óg’s continued dominance of club football in Clare
*Paul Madden stands before the Éire Óg players. Photograph: Mike Brennan ÉIRE ÓG have scaled the summit of club football in Clare with Paul Madden once again orchestrating their charge to glory.
Delight for Dean to collect Clare SFC medal that was 17 years in the making
*Éire Óg’s Dean Ryan. Photograph: Mike Brennan THERE WAS an extra sense of delight with Éire Óg lifting the Jack Daly on Sunday as it marked the first senior championship won by ex Clare footballer Dean Ryan.
Favourites tag didn’t faze Éire Óg – Cooney
*Gavin Cooney offloads the ball as Daryn Callinan gives chase. Photograph: Mike Brennan LABELLED as favourites before a ball was kicked in this year’s Clare SFC, Éire Óg didn’t pay much heed to the tag according to their goal scorer from Sunday’s county final win.
‘We’re in a county final but we’ve won nothing yet’ – Madden keeping Éire Óg grounded
*Mark McInerney takes on Joey Rouine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG have begun preparations for a third Clare SFC final in four years but manager Paul Madden is quick to point out they have won nothing yet.
Éire Óg emerge victorious over Kilmurry Ibrickane in first round of Clare SFC
*Éire Óg’s Darren O’Neill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG left West Clare with two points on the board and deserving victors against a fancied Kilmurry Ibrickane on Friday evening.
Renewed hunger makes Éire Óg a very dangerous beast
*Éire Óg’s Ronan Lanigan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REMARKABLY Éire Óg last lost a game in the Clare SFC in 2021 but they are not the holders of the Jack Daly.