*Éanna Rouine & Padraig O’Dwyer will renew acquaintances this weekend. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The curtain will come down on the club playing season in Clare on this Saturday when North Clare neighbours Ennistymon (Holders) and St. Breckans meet in the under 21 A football championship final at Shanahan McNamara park in Doonbeg at 2pm.
*Shane Fitzpatrick in action against Fionn Doherty. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ST BRECKAN’S have qualified for the U21A football final for the first time since 2019.
*Mark Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THERE’S PLENTY OF ACTION still to take place but Mark Rodgers is almost certain to finish as the top scorer in this year’s senior hurling championship but the race is much tighter in the football stakes.
*Alan Sweeney. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ST BRECKAN’S have advanced to the Clare SFC final for the third time in their history after overcoming St Joseph’s Miltown following extra time.
*Joe McGann. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill St Breckan’s eased into a third Clare Senior Football Championship Semi-Final in four years after holding off Lissycasey in Cusack Park.
*Alan Sweeney of St Breckan’s. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A timely return to form for St Breckan’s as they brushed aside the disappointing challenge of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield to finally get off the mark in Páirc Finne Corofin on Saturday evening.
*Dermot Coughlan stood out for the winners. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMURRY IBRICKANE are among the opening round winners in the Clare senior football championship.
*Denis O’Callaghan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN ELEMENT of continuity exists despite a change of management for St Breckan’s but they will hope that their status as contenders transpires to reality.
*Ennistymon players celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON have claimed the Cusack Cup title for the first time in their history in what is a timely lift in their final competitive game before the start of the 2023 Clare SFC.
*St Breckans celebrate their Cusack Cup success. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A strong final ten minutes proved decisive for St. Breckans as they claimed the Cusack Cup (Division 1) senior football league title at Cusack Park on Sunday evening.
