Football connections between Clare & Kerry run deep
*David Clifford takes on Manus Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s interest in Kerry football is almost as old as the Gaelic Athletic Association itself.
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Jim Marrinan typifying Clare’s motto in his own unique way
*Jim Marrinan preparing the Clare kit van. FIRST into the dressing room and last out of it, in his own way long-serving Clare football kit man Jim Marrinan is putting a unique spin on the county’s crest.
New rules, new management but Sweeney serving as a constant fixture in Clare defence
*Clare defender Alan Sweeney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BETWEEN management, the backroom team and rules there’s a lot of newness regarding Clare football but wing-back Alan Sweeney is remaining a constant amidst the changes.
Emmet eager for Clare to excel on Easter weekend
*Emmet McMahon in action against Seán O’Shea of Kerry in the 2024 Munster final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THOUGH many of his teaching colleagues and former college mates are making the most of the Easter holidays, Clare footballer Emmet McMahon is content to confine his travels to Cusack Park as the county enters the championship arena.
Clare GAA top brass were ‘sorry & disappointed’ to see Fitzgerald resign
*Mark Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE GAA’s top officers have said they were “sorry” and “disappointed” that Mark Fitzgerald opted not to continue as county senior football manager for a second year.
Interview committee to propose Peter Keane as next Clare football manager
*Peter Keane. EX KERRY manager Peter Keane is to be proposed as the new Clare senior football manager.
All interviews held for Clare football job as appointment looms
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ALL INTERVIEWS have been held with a decision imminent on who will become the next Clare senior football manager.
Interviews ongoing for Clare football manager with appointment to be made within two weeks
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CANDIDATES have been shortlisted with interviews ongoing to appoint a new Clare senior football manager.
Clare footballers to be without Bohannon in 2025
*Darragh Bohannon in action for Clare during this year’s Munster final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s next football manager will be without one of the county’s key players for 2025.
‘Important not to rush’ process in appointing Clare football manager – McMahon
*Emmet McMahon in action against Kerry’s Sean O’Shea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE may be one of four counties without a senior football manager for 2025 but efforts to appoint Mark Fitzgerald’s successor cannot be rushed, one of the county’s top footballers has said.
