O’Dea nominated for Player of the Year
*Niamh O’Dea in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Kilfenora’s Niamh O’Dea has been shortlisted for the TG4 intermediate ladies football player of the year.
Ladies Football
Banner & Kilmihil record second wins
*Catriona Callinan powers forward for Kilmihil. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill After two rounds of game in the Clare ladies senior football championship, title holders Banner Ladies and their predecessors as champions, Kilmihil remain unbeaten while former winners, West Clare Gaels got their first win of the campaign. The championship continues this weekend with round three taking …
Winning starts for Banner Ladies, Kilmihil & Doora/Barefield
*Kilmihil goalkeeper Micaela Glynn stops a Kilmurry Ibrickane attack. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Banner Ladies got their title defence of the Clare senior football ladies football championship off to a winning start with Kilmihil and St Josephs Doora/Barefield also securing first round victories.
Six sides to sweat it out for senior honours as ladies football championship kicks off
*Clare captain Caoimhe Harvey will be lining out with West Clare Gaels. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography On par with waiting for a bus, two have come along at once with adult championships kicking off this weekend in both ladies football and camogie.
Managers concerned by schedule as dual-players to come under pressure
*Banner Ladies manager, JJ O’Dea. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Female dual-players are to face the prospect of playing two games every weekend for the next five weeks as adult championships commence in ladies football and camogie.
LADIES FOOTBALL: Profiles of the six sides vying for senior glory
Action kicks off in the Clare senior ladies football championship with six teams vying for county glory.
Westmeath take Clare of business to end Banner’s All-Ireland aspirations
*Clare’s Roisin Looney. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Clare’s business end hoodoo continued on Sunday as an experienced Westmeath clung on for a second successive All-Ireland Semi-Final spot in Tuam Stadium, Galway this afternoon.
Last eight date for clinical Clare
Clare cemented a place in the business end of the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship for a seventh successive season after a convincing victory over Fermanagh on Sunday afternoon.
Clare suffer sunstroke in dramatic opener
*Clare’s Fidelma Marrinan with Leitrim’s Claire Qwens. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography It’s back to the drawing board for a shellshocked Clare after suffering their third successive opening round defeat in Ballinasloe this afternoon at the hands of a never-say-die Leitrim.
Road to Croker begins in Ballinasloe for Talty & Clare ladies
Following a debut season as coach in 2020, Evan Talty’s elevation to the managerial hot-seat of Clare ladies football is matched by heightened ambition for this year’s All-Ireland Intermediate Championship.
