*Connor Meaney kicked the winning score for Lissycasey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill LISSYCASEY and St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield are to do battle in the U21A football final following their semi-final wins.
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.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane manager, David Egan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE found it next to impossible to bypass an Éire Óg blanket in the middle third as they fell to their second county final loss in four seasons, both of which were at the hands of the Townies.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography LEAVING CERTIFICATE student Ellie Hanrahan kicked off her Mid-Term break in memorable fashion by producing a player of the game performance to help Kilmurry Ibrickane win the Clare senior ladies football championship for the first time.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane players celebrate. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography KILMURRY IBRICKANE have won the Clare LGFA senior championship for the very first time.
*Ciara McCarthy of Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REACHING the Clare senior ladies final is “a big jump but a great achievement for Kilmurry Ibrickane”.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane captain, Chloe Moloney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FOR KILMURRY Ibrickane captain Chloe Moloney playing for her club means everything.
*Joshua Moloney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMURRY IBRICKANE have contested nine of the last seventeen senior championship finals, make it eleven if replays are included but Sunday will be a first decider in the top tier for Joshua Moloney.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane manager, David Egan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DAVID EGAN has married into a staunch Éire Óg family and on Sunday he tows the line as the Kilmurry Ibrickane manager looking to stop the Ennis club from winning a third Jack Daly in four seasons.
*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.
