*Miltown Malbay’s Darragh McDonagh is expected to line out for Clare on his home field on Thursday. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill As Clare prepare for the new inter county senior football season, a number of players are expected to make their senior debuts on Saturday at Hennessy Park in Miltown Malbay when the Banner side will …
Five points was the margin as Cill Cúl Gaels defeated Éire Óg in the U21A football championship final on Thursday evening.
*Conall Ó hÁiniféin distributes a handpass. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg’s hopes of a historic first Munster Senior Club Final ultimately proved a step too far when outflanked by clinical hosts St Finbarr’s on Sunday afternoon.
*Fergal Guinane lined out at centre-back for Shannon Gaels/Kilmihil/Kildysart/Coolmeen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg will face off with a Shannon Estuary amalgamation in the final of the Clare U21A football championship.
Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare’s Super Sunday was completed when Éire Óg finally halted Loughmore-Castleiney’s momentum-fuelled dual run after a superb extra-time display in front of 1.589 in Cusack Park this afternoon.
*Martin McMahon goes to ground following a foul by Mark McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg’s Mark McInerney is hopeful of following in the footsteps of his father by collecting multiple senior football championships.
*Conall Ó hÁiniféin brings the ball forward. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Hurt of recent seasons not alone built character for the Éire Óg footballers but was also the foundation for the strong finish in Sunday’s county final victory, centre-back Conall Ó hÁiniféin maintained.
*Ciaran Russell moves forward as Tiernan Hogan works to get a tackle in. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A controversial penalty call was the main talking point following Saturday’s quarter-final between Éire Óg and Ennistymon but Magpies manager Noel Crowe was not one for questioning the vital call by the match officials.
In low scoring games, a goal usually proves crucial and so it was at Cusack Park this Saturday afternoon when Mark McInerney’s penalty goal in the twenty first minute gave his side a lead they held to the finish in this senior football championship quarter final.
*Éire Óg’s Conall Ó hÁiniféin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Clare SFC for the fifth year in succession.
