Arrival of Congress to Ennistymon marks huge weekend for ladies football in Clare
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography This will be a huge weekend for Clare ladies football.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography This will be a huge weekend for Clare ladies football.
*Grainne Nolan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill QUALIFYING FOR the Munster club final was “one of the best days in the history of the Banner club”, manager JJ O’Dea admitted.
*Niamh O’Dea celebrates. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BANNER LADIES have beaten Cork’s Mourneabbey following extra time to advance to the Munster club final.
*Captain Clare Hehir. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography BANNER LADIES winning a fourteenth title came down to getting their match-ups right, victorious manager JJ O’Dea said.
Banner Ladies celebrate. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Champions for the fourteenth time in sixteen seasons, that’s the boast for Banner ladies football club after they proved too strong for West Clare Gaels in the Clare senior final.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill It will be a gala occasion for Clare ladies football on this Saturday at Miltown when the senior championship final will be the centrepiece.
*Clare’s Niamh O’Dea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare camogie joint captain Niamh O’Dea readily acknowledges that Saturday’s All-Ireland senior championship opening round against Down is “the biggest game of the year for both teams”.
*Seán Lenihan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography SEÁN LENIHAN has been returned as Chairman of the Clare Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) while glowing tributes have been paid to Monica Callinan who stepped down as secretary following five years in the role.
*Clare Hehir. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BANNER LADIES will vie for Munster glory this Sunday as they take on Waterford giants, Ballymacarbry.
*Banner Ladies celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Banner Ladies led by Niamh O’Dea, captained by Eva O’Dea and managed by JJ O’Dea claimed the Clare LGFA senior title for the thirteenth time.