Dermot Coughlan appointed Clare U20 football manager
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DERMOT COUGHLAN has been appointed as the new manager of the Clare U20 footballers.
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DERMOT COUGHLAN has been appointed as the new manager of the Clare U20 footballers.
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. EX CLARE minor manager, Dermot Coughlan is the leading candidate to be appointed as U20 football manager.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Daryn Callinan is tackled by Aaron Brennan of Wolfe Tones. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CONTRASTING fortunes unsurprisingly didn’t change for the final stanza of Group 3 as Kilmurry Ibrickane maintained their perfect start to this year’s championship with a fifteen-point win over Wolfe Tones.
*Caoilfhinn O’Dea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BACK to back wins for Kilmurry Ibrickane have them heading to the quarter-finals of the Clare SFC.
*Evan Cahill wins the ball in the air for Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: James Downes. SPIRIT is building within the Kilmurry Ibrickane ranks as a new-look side strengthens their Clare SFC bid.
*Seanie Malone and Shane Hickey square off. Photograph: James Downes KILMURRY IBRICKANE took the spoils in the West Clare derby against St Joseph’s Miltown to begin their Clare SFC campaign with a win.
*Darragh Sexton of Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THERE’S an element of transition about Kilmurry Ibrickane with a spate of retirements but the drive to succeed in the heat of championship is still as strong.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILRUSH SHAMROCKS are Garry Cup champions for the third time after overcoming St Breckan’s in the Division 2 decider on Friday evening.
*Tadhg Lysaght of Kilrush Shamrocks in action with St Breckans’ Mark O’Donnell. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography. LEAGUE promotion was the main aim for St Breckan’s and Kilrush Shamrocks when they commenced their Garry Cup campaigns, that objective has been achieved and it’s bonus territory to be vying for silverware this weekend.
*Daniel Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT WAS an improved display from Clare’s senior footballers but not enough to cause an upset against Monaghan, Colm Shalvey rates the Banner performances.