Clare Echo’s 2024 sporting awards
WITH HIGHS and lows aplenty throughout the sporting year, it’s been twelve months to remember on and off the field with plenty of competition for the sought-after Clare Echo sporting awards.
Ronan Lanigan
‘People have been talking about our squad all year, we’re not afraid to use it’ – new leaders emerge for Éire Óg
*Éire Óg’s Jarlath Collins. Photograph: Mike Brennan STRENGTH in depth has been a tag attributed to Éire Óg’s footballers all season but it was clear to see on Sunday as they survived a big scare from Adare to seal their place in a second Munster club semi-final in four seasons.
Cahill hoping for celebrations on the double
*Oran Cahill in action for Eire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ORAN CAHILL is the youngest member of the Éire Óg starting fifteen, this Sunday is county final day but it is also his twenty first birthday.
Reliable Ronan bringing ‘inner drive’ & fresh appreciation for Éire Óg’s bid for honours
*Ronan Lanigan charges past Stan Lineen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill RELIABLE players rarely put a foot wrong, Ronan Lanigan’s rise through to the ranks from making his starting debut for Éire Óg’s seniors in 2020 to ensuring he is one of the first names on the Clare teamsheet has been pretty impressive.
Éire Óg qualify for quarter-finals at their ease
*Gavin Cooney rounds Thomas Collins to score Éire Óg’s second goal. Photograph: Ruth Griffin ÉIRE ÓG have claimed top spot in Group 3 and have subsequently advanced directly to the quarter-finals of the Clare SFC following a commanding fourteen point win over Lissycasey.
Éire Óg emerge victorious over Kilmurry Ibrickane in first round of Clare SFC
*Éire Óg’s Darren O’Neill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG left West Clare with two points on the board and deserving victors against a fancied Kilmurry Ibrickane on Friday evening.
Renewed hunger makes Éire Óg a very dangerous beast
*Éire Óg’s Ronan Lanigan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REMARKABLY Éire Óg last lost a game in the Clare SFC in 2021 but they are not the holders of the Jack Daly.
Garry Cup glory for Éire Óg
*Aaron Fitzgerald accepts the Garry Cup from Clare GAA’s Irish Officer Joe Garry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A strong third quarter when they landed 0-5 without reply paved the way for Éire Óg’s victory over Corofin in the Garry Cup (division 2) football league final on Friday evening.
Date with Donegal sends Clare to Castlebar
*Emmet McMahon is one of six members of the Clare team to have started in last year’s game. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FOR THE SECOND year in a row, Clare and Donegal will do battle in the All-Ireland SFC.
Tyrone topple Clare in Omagh
*Clare’s Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers suffered a successive defeat in the All-Ireland SFC, losing out to Tyrone by a margin of fourteen points.