Éire Óg leave their Mark on Miltown to seal quarter-final spot
Mark McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg are through to the quarter-finals of the Clare SFC after earning a seven point win over St Joseph’s Miltown.
Mark McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg are through to the quarter-finals of the Clare SFC after earning a seven point win over St Joseph’s Miltown.
*Captain Gavin Cooney was to the fore for Éire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill COUNTY CHAMPIONS Éire Óg have started the defence of the Jack Daly with a merited but hard-fought one point win over St Breckan’s.
*Éire Óg’s Ciaran Russell adds experience and talent to their defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill As Clare senior football champions Éire Óg go into this season’s campaign with a slightly different mindset according to their manager Paul Madden.
Mark Rafferty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Two confident teams will face each other in the first of this season’s All-Ireland senior football quarter finals.
CILLIAN BRENNAN IS SET to return to the heart of the Clare defence for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final with Derry.
ÉIRE ÓG’s MANUS DOHERTY will be one of the Clare footballers making their championship debut this weekend.
All’s well that ends well as Clare completed their latest Division 2 campaign with a confidence-boosting victory over hosts Down in Newry.
*Éire Óg’s Manus Doherty is pressing for inclusion in Sunday’s Clare team. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FOOTBALL pundits have repeatedly predicted in recent years that Clare will not survive in the higher divisions in the Allianz National Football League.
*Conall Ó hÁiniféin distributes a handpass. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg’s hopes of a historic first Munster Senior Club Final ultimately proved a step too far when outflanked by clinical hosts St Finbarr’s on Sunday afternoon.
*Martin McMahon goes to ground following a foul by Mark McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg’s Mark McInerney is hopeful of following in the footsteps of his father by collecting multiple senior football championships.