*Clare goalkeeper Micaela Glynn under pressure. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill After another fruitless day long excursion up North, this time playing outside the EU for the very first time, one would have expected Clare’s mood to be quite downbeat on Saturday evening, especially after being pummelled by the incessant wind and rain in Tyrone GAA’s Centre…
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare’s latest long séjour to Ulster was pockmarked by incremental alterations to the venue, surface and most significantly weather conditions but unfortunately no change of fortune as a late brace of goals ensured that Tyrone completed back-to-back victories on Saturday afternoon.
*Clare’s Eimear Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare have suffered back to back defeats in the Lidl Ireland National Ladies Football League.
*Grainne Nolan. Photograph: David Dillon Time management is key in the eyes of Grainne Nolan as she prepares for the final semester of completing a science degree at NUIG plus taking on a senior role within the Clare intermediate ladies football side.
*Carol O’Leary. Photograph: David Dillon Carol O’Leary and Orla Devitt return to the Clare intermediate ladies football side for Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final.
*Photograph: David Dillon Defeat marked Clare’s start in the Ladies Football All-Ireland IFC on Sunday afternoon.