*Keith O’Connor excelled in midfield for Kildysart. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILDYSART showed some killer instinct to leapfrog Ennistymon to top spot in Group 2 of the Clare SFC with both sides already through to the last eight.
*Kildysart’s Diarmuid O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. HEADING into their fourth season back at the top table of Clare football, Kildysart will be keen to show what they can really offer by competing in the business end of the championship as opposed to fighting for survival.
*Fergal Ginnane of Kildysart holds off the challenge of Doonbeg’s Eoin Killeen. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. KILDYSART secured an immediate promotion back to the Cusack Cup and also claimed their place in the Garry Cup final, beating Doonbeg in a penalty shootout.
*Liam Casey was Kildysart’s leading scorer. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WITHIN THE space of sixty minutes, Kildysart went from being at risk of relegation to the Garry Cup to qualifying for the semi-finals of the league.
*Clare captain Donncha O’Dwyer. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. HONESTY and workrate were set out as key attributes needed by Clare’s minor footballers when Joe Hayes and his management met the squad following their appointment in October, they received it in spades for their second half display when defeating Limerick by eight points on Monday.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Inagh-Kilnamona, Sixmilebridge, St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield and Clonlara will contest this year’s Under 15A Hurling Championship semi-finals following a hectic two match blitz over the past week.