*Mark Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE GAA’s top officers have said they were “sorry” and “disappointed” that Mark Fitzgerald opted not to continue as county senior football manager for a second year.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane manager, David Egan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE found it next to impossible to bypass an Éire Óg blanket in the middle third as they fell to their second county final loss in four seasons, both of which were at the hands of the Townies.
*Peter Keane. EX KERRY manager Peter Keane is to be proposed as the new Clare senior football manager.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane captain, Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. IT’S a race against time for Kilmurry Ibrickane captain Dermot Coughlan who is doing all he can to line out in Sunday’s Clare SFC final.
*Andrew Shannon clashes with Diarmuid Ryan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill “FAST FOOTBALL” has been central to Kilmurry Ibrickane reaching a first Clare SFC final since 2021.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CANDIDATES have been shortlisted with interviews ongoing to appoint a new Clare senior football manager.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMURRY IBRICKANE are to be without star forward, Dermot Coughlan for their semi-final tie with Cratloe in the TUS Clare senior football championship.
KILMURRY IBRICKANE had an unexpectedly facile eleven point win over neighbours and rivals St Joseph’s Miltown to become the first of four semi-finalists in the Clare SFC.
*Brian O’Connell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BRIAN O’Connell and Dermot Coughlan are stepping down as managers of the Clare minor hurlers and footballers.
*Daragh Sexton. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMURRY IBRICKANE are far from dead after their defeat in the first round of the Clare SFC and they’ll be hoping to spring their championship bid to life when they meet Lissycasey on Saturday evening.