Lorna leads Clare to winning championship start over Dublin
*Lorna McNamara scores a goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior camogie side have started their All-Ireland bid on a winning note, defeating Dublin in their home turf.
*Lorna McNamara scores a goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior camogie side have started their All-Ireland bid on a winning note, defeating Dublin in their home turf.
*Andrea O’Keeffe. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. With league honours safely secured Clare camogie’s focus is now very much on the All-Ireland championship which gets under way on this Saturday at Zimmer Biomet Pairc Chiósog where their opponents will be Dublin, the team they defeated in the league final which was played at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.
LORNA MCNamara has been named as the April PwC GPA Women’s Player of the Month.
*Abby Walsh. Photograph: Dave Ribeiro / Inpho CLARE suffered an extra time one point defeat to Waterford losing with the last puck of the game.
*Joint captains Abby Walsh and Clare Hehir. Photograph: Dave Ribeiro / Inpho CLARE have won Division 1B of the Centra National Camogie League for the very first time.
*Keeva Steadmond blocks Maeve Millea’s shot. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARE emerged as seven point victors over Wexford to record their first win of this year’s Centra National Camogie League.
*Muireann Scanlon returned from injury for Clare in defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. NEW CLARE senior camogie manager Eugene Foudy is putting a strong emphasis on building a fighting spirit within his side.
*Lorna McNamara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A LATE Lorna McNamara strike secured Clare a share of the spoils as they kicked off their National Camogie League campaign for 2026.
*Eimear Kelly charges forward for Truagh/Clonlara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TRUAGH/CLONLARA were convincing ten point winners over Feakle/Killanena to qualify for a fifth successive Clare senior camogie final.
*John Carmody. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill When the Clare senior camogie panel came together at the end of last year to plan for 2024, the opening round in this season’s All-Ireland senior championship was given special attention.