Crusheen consolidate senior status & Mills enter relegation final
*Photograph: Ruthie Griffin. CRUSHEEN consolidated their senior status for 2027 when sending O’Callaghans Mills into the relegation final.
*Photograph: Ruthie Griffin. CRUSHEEN consolidated their senior status for 2027 when sending O’Callaghans Mills into the relegation final.
*Jacob Loughnane is blocked by Cratloe defender, Oisin Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. VICTORY was “cruelly taken away from us,” O’Callaghans Mills manager Seán Doyle maintained as they drew with Cratloe in the second round of the Clare SHC.
*Podge Collins and Marc O’Brien celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TWO GOALS in the dying stages of additional time rescued a draw for Cratloe in a pulsating clash with O’Callaghans Mills on Saturday evening.
*Conor Cooney. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARE CUP fare has meant more to O’Callaghans Mills than any other side to date in this year’s competition.
*Conor Henry keeps the sliotar from Joe Carmody. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. HURLING hath no fury than a Mills scorned it seems as the Premier Intermediate champions edged a real battled to advance to their first Clare Cup Final in three years.
*Clare captain Graham Ball with John Barry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s minor hurlers went into depths of their resolve and courage to record an incredible semi-final win over Cork in FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles, overturning a seven-point deficit from the previous meeting between the sides to qualify for a second All-Ireland minor hurling final …
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*Liam Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s minor hurlers are one hour away from a place in the All-Ireland final.
*Clare minor captain, Graham Ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REACHING a fourth successive All-Ireland minor hurling semi-final is testament to the work ongoing with development squads in the county, minor manager Ger O’Connell has said.
*Paul Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE booked their place in the last four of the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship with a late, but comprehensive second half showing downing Galway in the second of the quarter-final double header on Sunday afternoon.
*Evan Crimmins goes into the air to claim the sliotar. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE teed up a winner-takes-all final round showdown against Waterford for a place in a historic fourth consecutive Munster Minor Hurling Final following a commanding victory over Limerick.