*David Reidy commiserates with Brian McGrath at the final whistle. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. ÉIRE ÓG are through to a Munster club senior hurling final for the first time since 1990, overcoming Tipperary’s Loughmore-Castleiney with a powerful extra time showing.
*Éire Óg’s Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE Óg and O’Callaghans Mills will be striving to qualify for Munster club hurling finals this Sunday.
*Robert Loftus. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. ÉIRE ÓG’s success will not be taken for granted according to one of their young stars.
*Éire Óg senior hurling manager, Gerry O’Connor. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. ÉIRE ÓG’s senior hurlers getting over the line to win the Clare SHC for the first time in thirty five years “is a huge win for the club and the town,” the side’s victorious manager has said while admitting they made a pact to honour the …
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin There were emotional scenes at the final whistle in Zimmer Biomet Pairc Chiósóg as Éire Óg ended their long wait for TUS Clare Senior Hurling Championship glory.
*John Russell. Photograph: Ruth Griffin WITHIN THE Éire Óg dressing room, only John Russell has been acquainted with the Canon Hamilton, by Sunday evening he hopes to be sitting amongst a new batch of Clare SHC winners from the town.
*Éire Óg defenders Ciaran Russell and Liam Corry surround Kilmaley’s Éanna McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG’s “fighting spirit” proved decisive in overcoming Kilmaley in a real semi-final battle to qualify for a first Clare SHC final since 2022.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG emerged two point winners over Kilmaley to seal their place in the TUS Clare SHC final for the first time since 2022.
*Éire Óg defender, Ciaran Russell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A “FASCINATING GAME” is on the horizon with Éire Óg facing Kilmaley in an eagerly awaited TUS Clare SHC semi-final.
*Éire Óg defender Liam Corry. Photograph: Mike Brennan. ANY OF THE eight teams left standing in the TUS Clare SHC are capable of lifting the Canon Hamilton, Éire Óg manager Gerry O’Connor maintained.