Mullagh’s O’Connor appointed Limerick ladies boss
*Patrick O’Connor. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography MULLAGH’s Patrick O’Connor has been appointed as the new manager of the Limerick junior ladies footballers.
*Patrick O’Connor. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography MULLAGH’s Patrick O’Connor has been appointed as the new manager of the Limerick junior ladies footballers.
Dymphna Garrahy dodges the tackle of Hannah Herlihy. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ALTHOUGH disappointed to bow out in the Munster semi-finals, Kilmurry Ibrickane’s ladies footballers have had a great year, joint manager Patrick O’Connor has said.
*Ciara McCarthy and Patrick O’Connor celebrate. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography BEFORE THEY took on the job as Kilmurry Ibrickane joint managers Patrick O’Connor and Niall Hickey believed there was a senior title in the ladies footballers.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane players celebrate. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography KILMURRY IBRICKANE have won the Clare LGFA senior championship for the very first time.
*Niall Hickey and Patrick O’Connor. FROM THEIR appointment as joint managers of the Kilmurry Ibrickane senior ladies football team eighteen months ago, getting to a first ever county final at this level was the target for Niall Hickey and Patrick O’Connor.
*Wolfe Tones captain John Guilfoyle lifts the Paddy Browne Cup. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. WOLFE TONES have bounced back to the Clare senior hurling championship after edging out Tubber by the smallest of margins in dramatic circumstances.
*Tubber captain, Patrick O’Connor. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT’S been forty eight years since Tubber last won the Clare intermediate hurling championship.
*Ronan Monahan gets away from Cathal Noonan and Ronan Keane. Photograph; Gerard O’Neill. A FIRST intermediate final since 2020 awaits Tubber after they deservingly overcame the challenge of Killanena on Saturday.
*Ronan Monahan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARECASTLE will spend another year at intermediate hurling level after their dream of a quick return to the top tier was dashed by Tubber on Saturday evening.
*Clare LGFA Chairman Seán Lenihan with Aisling Reidy, Siofra Ní Chonaill, Amy Lenihan and Hannah Doyle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill STRONG INTEREST has already been expressed to succeed Wayne Freeman as manager of the Clare intermediate ladies football team.