*Éire Óg players Philip Talty, David McNamara, Darren O’Neill and Ronan Lanigan celebrate. Photograph: Mike Brennan ENNIS AND SHANNON is the home of the senior and intermediate football champions.
*Rian Considine takes on Keelan Sexton. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CRATLOE’s reign as Clare senior football champions was ended by a sharper Kilmurry Ibrickane in Saturday’s semi-final with long-serving manager Colm Colllins left lamenting how they gave away possession cheaply for the concession of three goals.
*Podge Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRATLOE are bringing a “never say die attitude” to the table and despite going massively under the radar they remain in the hunt for honours in both codes of the senior championship.
*Enda Boyce. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FRESH from starting the defence of their title as senior football champions with a win, Cratloe’s senior hurlers will be bidding to have a winning first outing.
*Cratloe’s Cathal McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ON SIX occasions in the past twenty years, the Clare senior football title has been retained by the previous year’s winners.
*Lifford’s Fiachra Roche. Photograph: Joe Buckley LIFFORD FC have moved to the top of the CDSL Premier Division.
*Conor Ryan and Cathal McInerney. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CONOR RYAN’s return to the Cratloe colours this summer gave a lift to all GAA followers across the county and getting to capture his third Clare SFC medal is something not even the most ardent of St Breckan’s supporters will begrudge him.
*Colm Collins flanked by his sons, David, Padraic and Sean. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN INVOLVEMENT with Cratloe’s senior footballers is far from a chore but a rather a very enjoyable task for long-serving manager, Colm Collins.
*Podge Collins landed the winning penalty for Cratloe. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRATLOE HAVE ENDED Éire Óg’s reign as Clare SFC champions, winning on a penalty shootout.
*Podge Collins leads an attack. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The importance and value of experience was highlighted again at Clarecastle this Saturday afternoon when Cratloe got their TUS senior football championship campaign off to a winning start with a two point win over Lissycasey.
