Rose of Tralee ‘a light in the tunnel moment’ for Aisling O’Connor
*Aisling O’Connor. FEAKLE’S Aisling O’Connor will take to the stage in the Rose of Tralee International Festival this week.
*Aisling O’Connor. FEAKLE’S Aisling O’Connor will take to the stage in the Rose of Tralee International Festival this week.
FEAKLE’s Aisling O’Connor has been chosen as the 2023 Clare Rose.
*Clare’s Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TONY KELLY WILL CONTINUE as Clare senior hurling captain for 2023.
*Clare GAA Chairman, Kieran Keating. Photograph: Natasha Barton CHAIRMAN OF CLARE GAA, Kieran Keating has hit out at the “very flawed process” that resulted in suspensions for two of the county’s senior hurlers this year while the need to provide facilities of a comparable standard to other counties was also stressed.
*Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BRIAN LOHAN is in the process of finalising his Clare senior hurling squad for next year with a number of changes in personnel to his panel.
*Patrick O’Connor leads the Clare team onto Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Photograph: Martin Connolly AFTER an eleven year career at senior level with Clare, Patrick O’Connor this week called time on his inter county hurling career.
FIRESIDE pints, coffees and good conversation are back on the menu in Tubber as The Burren Inn opened its doors for the first time on Friday last to great fanfare.
*Conor Tierney was among St Josephs Doora/Barefield’s goal scorers. Photograph: Ruth Griffin The race for the intermediate hurling championship got underway at the weekend with all four scheduled ties going the way of the favourites.
AIDAN MCCARTHY’s return to action comes as a major boost to Clare as they switch their focus to the All-Ireland SHC semi-final with Kilkenny.
*Patrick Horgan clashes with Conor Cleary and Paul Flanagan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CORK’s PACE will be the main area of opposition focus for Clare as Brian Lohan’s side look to record their second win in Semple Stadium in this year’s Munster SHC.