Éire Óg end Sixmilebridge’s reign as county champions
*Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg have ended Sixmilebridge’s reign as Clare senior hurling champions and in the process stopped their three in a row bid
*Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg have ended Sixmilebridge’s reign as Clare senior hurling champions and in the process stopped their three in a row bid
*Danny Russell celebrates his goal. Photograph: Joe Buckley In a game in which the lead changed hands on a number of occasions, Éire Óg finished strongly to book a place in the quarter finals of the senior hurling championship by defeating Feakle at Shannon on Saturday.
*Éire Óg manager, Matt Shannon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg’s do or die football clash with Doonbeg on Saturday (tomorrow) will also be an anxious hour for the club’s senior hurling team.
*Oran Cahill scored his first senior championship goal for Éire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Éire Óg went into this second round senior hurling championship game at Cusack Park on Saturday evening needing a victory and they emerged as deserving winners.
Both Éire Óg and O’Callaghan’s Mills will be aiming to make it third time lucky against the last two champions Sixmilebridge and Ballyea who have dominated the Canon Hamilton Cup for the past five seasons writes Eoin Brennan who previews the penultimate stage clashes in this year’s County Senior Hurling Championship.
It simply took a spark to finally ignite Éire Óg’s challenge and steer them into a sixth senior quarter-final in seven years in Cusack Park on Sunday afternoon.
Sixmilebridge have got their defence of the Canon Hamilton off to a winning start recording a five point win over Éire Óg.
Lessons from 2019 have to be put into practice if Éire Óg are to progress as a unit.