*Mark McInerney takes on Daire Nally. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior footballers are out of the All-Ireland championship, a fourth successive loss ending their campaign for 2025.
*Brian McNamara in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s footballers were comprehensively beaten by Down to start their All-Ireland SFC campaign with a massive disappointment.
*Francis McInerney. FRANCIS McInerney is the only living Clare man to have captained the county to glory in the Munster senior football championship and he’d only love to have that title taken away from him this weekend.
*Clare senior football manager, Peter Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TIMING of Clare’s goals was central to booking a place in the Munster senior football final and setting up a showdown with Kerry for former Kingdom manager Peter Keane.
*Mark McInerney celebrates scoring a goal for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FRESH from producing a man of the match display for Clare’s footballers, Mark McInerney dedicated the Munster semi-final win to the late Dylan White.
*Alan Sweeney leads the charge for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers are through to the Munster final for the third year running after overcoming Tipperary in a drab semi-final.
*Mark McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG’s Mark McInerney has been named to make his first start of this year’s Allianz National Football with Ronan Lanigan and Brendy Rouine listed among the subs for the first time in 2025.
*Clare’s senior footballers stand for the national anthem. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE football manager Peter Keane has said he was more focused on ensuring relegation to Division 4 was not a worry for his side rather than keeping a promotion to the second tier alive in advance of their latest victory.
*Éire Óg’s Manus Doherty. Photograph: Mike Brennan ANOTHER frustrating provincial exit for Éire Óg who were expertly kept at arm’s length by Loughmore-Castleiney to fall at the Munster Semi-Final stage for a third time in four seasons.
*Darren O’Brien leads the charge for Éire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG ran out fourteen point winners over Ennistymon in an incredibly drab semi-final encounter to tee up a final showdown with Kilmurry Ibrickane.
