GALLERY: Trump, tractors & turf at Kilrush St Patrick’s Day parade
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TRACTORS, TRUMP, turf and a deposit return scheme machine all made appearances at the St Patrick’s Day parade in Kilrush.
Kilrush Community School
Preparations continue for post-primary action with groupings known
*St Flannan’s College are the reining Dr Harty Cup champions. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill After two very disrupted seasons, one without any fixtures, the second level colleges GAA competitions are set to commence and first round games in a variety of Munster championships will be played from the beginning of November.
Filip becomes first Polish national to play in Clare SFC
Several milestones in Filip Rzymek’s life have been interrupted as a result of COVID-19 such as his eighteenth birthday and sitting the Leaving Certificate. Despite the global pandemic, he managed to make history by becoming the first Polish national to line out in the Clare senior football championship.
Basketball on the rise in Clare & Sabhbh Edwards Murphy is its poster girl
*Sabhbh Edwards Murphy. Photo courtesy Limerick Lions Club / Aleksey Bodrov Basketball in Clare is on the rise according to followers of the sport and if that’s the case, Sabhbh Edwards Murphy is set to be the poster girl and inspiration for anyone taking up the sport.
‘Staying in West Clare the best decision I’ve ever made’ – Patrick Bourke
In the past nine decades, Kilrush has seen businesses open and close, recessions come and go, speed limits go up and down but it fits the narrative of the market town having something special according to Patrick Bourke.
