Cullinan making comeback as Inagh/Kilnamona manager
*Eugene Cullinan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. EUGENE CULLINAN is to return for a second stint as manager of the Inagh/Kilnamona senior hurlers.
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‘Tactics won’t beat fighting spirit in a dogfight’ – O’Connor commends Éire Óg’s resolve
*Éire Óg defenders Ciaran Russell and Liam Corry surround Kilmaley’s Éanna McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG’s “fighting spirit” proved decisive in overcoming Kilmaley in a real semi-final battle to qualify for a first Clare SHC final since 2022.
New managers for ten Clare senior hurling clubs
*Ex Clare manager, Gerry O’Connor is back for a second stint as Éire Óg manager. Photograph: Martin Connolly AS the new domestic GAA season approaches, clubs across the county have been busy putting plans in place while many have commenced training for what they hope will lead to title winning performances.
Cahill clan central to Corofin’s crusade
*Diarmuid, Joe and Gearoid Cahill. Photograph: Natasha Barton. IN COROFIN they call Páirc Finne the field of dreams but lining out and representing their beloved parish in a Munster final is beyond the wildest fantasies of the Cahill family.
Éire Óg have survived their ‘vulnerable phase’
*Outnumbered but Shane O’Donnell still powers past the Clarecastle defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG are no longer at their ‘most vulnerable’ and will be quietly confident that their chances of success in the Clare senior hurling championship will only intensify as they reach the knockout stages.
Goal hungry Éire Óg avoid any late group drama en route to quarter-finals
*Shane O’Donnell gets a shot away. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill No calculators or rule experts required in Group 4 as routine victories for Feakle and Éire Óg ensured their passages to the last eight of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship.
Éire Óg out to avenge county final heartbreak
*Éire Óg captain, Liam Corry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A SINGLE POINT separated ÉIRE Óg from Ballyea in last year’s county final and the Townies are one of the hotly tipped sides to claim the Canon Hamilton this season.
Cooney exits Clare football panel
*Gavin Cooney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TWO-TIME CLARE SFC winner, Gavin Cooney has left the county senior football panel.
Watersheds moment aplenty on Éire Óg’s journey to try splash out for two in a row
*Éire Óg manager, Paul Madden. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THEY WERE CREDITED as the platform for driving better standards within Éire Óg GAA club and now the senior footballers find themselves sixty minutes away from retaining the Jack Daly.
Heartbroken Shannon feels Éire Óg left title behind them
*Éire Óg manager, Matt Shannon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A HEARTBROKEN Matt Shannon believes Éire Óg left a senior hurling championship behind them.