*Clare senior football manager, Peter Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE manager Peter Keane has said there is a mix of disappointment and encouragement following their eleven point Munster final loss to Kerry.
*Keelan Sexton takes on Tony Brosnan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE have been comprehensively beaten by Kerry in the Munster senior football final.
*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.
*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.
INJURY has ruled out Clare wing forward Ciaran Downes for Sunday’s Munster SFC final.
*Ikem Ugwueru. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. IKEM UGWUERU is expected to return to the Clare senior football side for Sunday’s Munster final showdown with Kerry.
*Father and son, Dermot Coughlan. CLARE’s football cause has been well served by the Coughlan family who will once more play a central role on and off the field for Sunday’s Munster senior football final.
*Paudie Clifford misses Sunday’s Munster final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KERRY will be without Paudie Clifford for Sunday’s Munster final against Clare with manager Jack O’Connor hinting at further changes to their team.
*Dara Moynihan and Ronan Lanigan in action during the 2024 Munster final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE take on Kerry in Fitzgerald Stadium this Sunday in the side’s third Munster senior football final meeting in three years.
*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.