Murray flying high as he collects second Clare SFC medal with Éire Óg
*Éire Óg’s Gavin Murray. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. WINNING BACK to back Clare senior football championships was ‘something special’ for adopted Éire Óg man Gavin Murray.
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Champions Éire Óg ease into quarter-finals & relegation battle awaits Kildysart
*Aaron Fitzgerald punches the ball from Keith O’Connor. Photograph: Mike Brennan COUNTY CHAMPIONS Éire Óg continued their rich vein of form when accounting for Kildysart by twenty points to finish Group 1 in top spot and send the Shannon Estuary side dipping for a relegation battle.
‘People have been talking about our squad all year, we’re not afraid to use it’ – new leaders emerge for Éire Óg
*Éire Óg’s Jarlath Collins. Photograph: Mike Brennan STRENGTH in depth has been a tag attributed to Éire Óg’s footballers all season but it was clear to see on Sunday as they survived a big scare from Adare to seal their place in a second Munster club semi-final in four seasons.
Madden masterminds Éire Óg’s continued dominance of club football in Clare
*Paul Madden stands before the Éire Óg players. Photograph: Mike Brennan ÉIRE ÓG have scaled the summit of club football in Clare with Paul Madden once again orchestrating their charge to glory.
Favourites tag didn’t faze Éire Óg – Cooney
*Gavin Cooney offloads the ball as Daryn Callinan gives chase. Photograph: Mike Brennan LABELLED as favourites before a ball was kicked in this year’s Clare SFC, Éire Óg didn’t pay much heed to the tag according to their goal scorer from Sunday’s county final win.
Renewed hunger makes Éire Óg a very dangerous beast
*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.
Tyrone topple Clare in Omagh
*Clare’s Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers suffered a successive defeat in the All-Ireland SFC, losing out to Tyrone by a margin of fourteen points.
Murray making the most of unusual path to Munster final
*Gavin Murray. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NEVER in his wildest dreams did Gavin Murray expect to be representing Clare in a Munster senior football final.
‘He told one of our players to f*** off’ – McEntee leaves Ennis furious with match officials
*Andy McEntee. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ANTRIM manager, Andy McEntee left Cusack Park on Saturday afternoon quite frustrated.
Brian Mc enjoying the big step up to senior
*Brian McNamara in action. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SINCE he delivered a man of the match performance against Kerry in last season’s Munster under 20 semi-final, the name of Brian McNamara has been regularly mentioned as a player who will feature regularly for the county’s senior side at midfield.