*Colm Walsh O’Loghlen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG’s Clare SFC title defence and Clare’s senior footballers have been dealt a blow with confirmation that talented forward Colm Walsh O’Loghlen has sustained a serious knee injury while Fionn Kelleher is expected to make his Doora/Barefield return in the county final.
*Noel Purcell gathers possession for Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Ruth Griffin SIXMILEBRIDGE have qualified for an eighth Clare SHC quarter-final in nine years after a ten point victory over St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield saw them put back to back wins together.
*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.
*Joe Rafferty tackles Rory McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A STRONG second half from Kildysart earned them a share of the spoils with St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in Group 2 of the TUS Clare SFC on Friday evening.
*Fionn Kelleher of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. STARTING with a win is the “number one priority” for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield who are not short of ambition as they seem to overcome their quarter-final hoodoo.
*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.
*Clare’s contingent of Dermot Coughlan, Ciaran Downes, Peter Keane, Keelan Sexton & Ikem Ugwueru. CHAMPIONSHIP is just a week away, the early season silverware has been handed out in the National Leagues, Clare were empty-handed in this regard but The Clare Echo’s Head of News & Sport, Páraic McMahon examines what can we learn from …
Cian Lally keeps up with Connor Meaney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A FLAT display from Clare’s senior footballers saw them suffer defeat to Sligo on Sunday, a setback but not a fatal one so far as promotion is concerned, Páraic McMahon rates the performances of the men in saffron and blue.
*Eoin Cleary is tackled. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SLIGO issued a setback to Clare’s hopes of securing promotion to Division 2 of the National Football League by claiming their first win which was the second loss of Peter Keane’s tenure.
*Keelan Sexton. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s starting team to take on Kildare in the crucial fifth round of the Allianz National Football League has been announced.