*Inagh/Kilnamona joint captains Shane Woods and Seán Rynne. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. INAGH/KILNAMONA went ahead for the first time on fifty seven minutes to go on to become U21A hurling champions for the fourth time beating Éire Óg.
*Ricky Wynne and Shane Woods keep the sliotar from Marc O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FAVOURITES Inagh/Kilnamona qualified for the Berwick Callinan Murphy Solicitors U21A hurling final with a powerful finish to the first half seeing them on their way to overcome Cratloe.
*Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ALL-IRELAND winner and All-Star Tony Kelly was never lucky enough to win a Harty Cup as a student at St. Flannan’s College.
*James Hegarty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Team captain James Hegarty (Inagh-Kilnamona) is battling to be fit to lead St Flannans College into Wednesday’s (January 8) Dr. Harty Cup (Munster Colleges senior A hurling) quarter final against Midleton CBS.
*The victorious Inagh/Kilnamona side. Photograph: Nicholas Rynne A second Minor A crown in three years was the merited reward for Inagh/Kilnamona’s impressive final performance to keep St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield at arm’s length in Cusack Park on Sunday afternoon.
HUNDREDS OF mourners travelled to Kilnamona on Friday packing St Joseph’s Church and filling the streets for the funeral of fourteen year old Sarah Mescall.
It was the ultimate never-say-die crescendo as Eamonn Breen’s injury-time goal snatched a famous title clinching victory for Sixmilebridge in Cusack Park.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Last year’s beaten Under 14 Football Championship finalists Ennistymon have blazed an early trail in the Under 15 equivalent over the past week with successive opening victories over Clondegad and Kilrush/Killimer.