*Diarmuid Boyle and Daire Culligan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ABILITY TO win primary possession was the cornerstone to Clare starting off their Munster U20 football championship with a win.
*Donnacha O’Dwyer and Seán Fennell celebrate at the final whistle. INDUSTRIOUS over the hour, Clare’s U20 footballers have kicked off their Munster championship bid on a winning note.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILRUSH SHAMROCKS are Garry Cup champions for the third time after overcoming St Breckan’s in the Division 2 decider on Friday evening.
*Clare’s U20 footballers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s run in the Munster U20 football championship concluded with one win from six outings.
*Clare centre forward Seán Fennell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s hopes of progressing to a Munster U20 final were ended by Tipperary on Tuesday evening.
*Evan Cahill battles to hold onto the ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CORK’s blistering start to the second half killed Clare’s hopes of securing a win in their first outing of phase two in the Munster U20 football championship.
*Clare’s Caleb Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Clare’s involvement in the inaugural Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor tier 2 football championship preliminary quarter final ended in disappointment when they lost out to a physically stronger Sligo outfit at Cusack Park on Saturday.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN outstanding second half performance saw Clare capture the Daryl Darcy cup and victory in the phase 1 Munster minor football championship at Rathkeale.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Three second half goals catapulted Clare into the last four in the Munster Minor Championship after producing a rousing eleven point turnaround in Ballyagran.