*Jarlath Collins in action with Colm Galvin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SEVERAL LIVELY contests can be expected with the start of the TUS Clare senior hurling championship.
*Darren O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill HAVING witnessed Clonlara finally break their fifteen year championship-winning hoodoo last October, Éire Óg are undoubtedly next up when it comes to claiming overdue dividends in the race for the Canon Hamilton.
Shane O’Donnell tries to shake off the challenge of Seadna Morey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THERE is hunger rather than a pressure to end the wait for hurling honours in Éire Óg while Sixmilebridge are determined to make amends for a disappointing 2023 campaign.
*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.
*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.
*Kathyrn Fahy, David Reidy and Robin Mounsey celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TEN YEARS on from joining the Clare senior hurling panel, David Reidy’s wait for a coveted All-Ireland medal came to an end.
*Éire Óg duo, David Reidy and Shane O’Donnell lead the Clare convoy as the team bus arrives at The Fair Green. Photograph: Tom Micks SHANE O’Donnell’s status as one of the most valuable hurlers to wear the Clare colours was known long before he collected a second All-Ireland medal.
*Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE WHEEL turns full circle for Shane O’Donnell this Sunday when eleven years after his indelible All-Ireland Final debut as a carefree teenager, he faces the same opponents at the same stage in an almost eerie decider rematch against the Rebels once more.
*David Reidy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill USE of the ball will be key for Clare in Sunday’s All-Ireland final according to David Reidy who is determined his name won’t be omitted from the starting fifteen for the decider against Cork.
*PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month for June in hurling, Shane O’Donnell of Clare, with his award at PwC offices in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile FRESH from playing a leading role in Clare’s return to the All-Ireland SHC final, Shane O’Donnell has been named as the hurler of the month for June.