*Kilmurry Ibrickane captain, Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill EXPECTATION is always high in Kilmurry Ibrickane and after a quarter-final exit last season, the Bricks are in place to rectify this.
*Clare manager, Mark Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MISSED CHANCES and an abysmal finish were rued by Clare senior football manager Mark Fitzgerald as the county fell to their third successive loss in the championship.
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill UNFORCED ERRORS influenced the Banner to their exit out of the All-Ireland minor football tier 2 championship with Sligo winning by six points in Cusack Park last Saturday.
*Cillian Rouine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior footballers have named an unchanged team for their opening outing in the All-Ireland SFC.
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT CAME down to the first quarter for Clare’s minor footballers as they exited the Munster championship, manager Dermot Coughlan maintained.
*Clare’s Conor Burke. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Unfortunately Clare’s shot at a first Munster Minor Football Final in four years was over before it even got started in Quilty on Tuesday evening.
*Clare captain, Cillian Brennan under pressure from Dara Moynihan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers are determined to bounce back quickly from the disappointment of losing the Munster final for the All-Ireland series, team captain Cillian Brennan has said.
*Clare players celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE minor football manager Dermot Coughlan was a happy man at Mick Neville Park in Rathkeale last Tuesday night and he was entitled to be.
*Darragh Bohannon and Brian McNamara battle with the O’Connors, Diarmuid and Joe. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s performance against Kerry in the 2024 Munster senior football final proved that they are entitled to play at this level.
A dejected Emmet McMahon at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S senior footballers fought gallantly but came up short in their bid to cause the sporting shock of the year against Kerry in the Munster final.
