Culligan leading the Clare U20s charge
*Daire Culligan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DAIRE CULLIGAN will lead the line for Clare’s U20 footballers as they enter the championship arena.
*Daire Culligan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DAIRE CULLIGAN will lead the line for Clare’s U20 footballers as they enter the championship arena.
*Evan Cahill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. AS THE only member of both the Clare senior and U20 football panels, Evan Cahill is using his first championship campaign to try propel himself further up the pecking order of the county’s flagship side.
*Fionn Kelleher. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WITH SUCH a large provisional panel in place, Clare’s footballers were eager to impress when they took to the field against Galway on Thursday night.
*Clare in 2026 will have a fourth manager of the senior footballers in as many years. PETER KEANE’s tenure as Clare senior football manager ended officially on Sunday, but it should have come to a halt long before then.
*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.
*Clare’s U20 footballers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s run in the Munster U20 football championship concluded with one win from six outings.
*Evan Cahill in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S U20 footballers have brought their championship bid to life, overcoming Limerick to qualify for phase two in Munster.
*Daire Culligan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A POINT AT the death saw Clare’s U20 footballers fall to back to back defeats in phase one of the provincial championship.
Aaron Griffin carries the ball beyond Daniel Lyons on the way to getting Clare’s first goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE senior football manager Peter Keane was frustrated with big decisions in their two point loss to Sligo but readily admitted their performance was too flat.