*Mark McInerney lines up a shot for Éire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG are through to a fourth Munster club semi-final five years with Mark McInerney kicking 0-16 as they eliminated Waterford champions Rathgormack.
*Shane Daniels and family with the Jack Daly. Photograph: Ruth Griffin OVERSEEING Éire Óg’s twenty second Clare SFC success brought with it a different sense of pressure for manager Shane Daniels.
*Aaron Fitzgerald with the Jack Daly and Canon Hamilton. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. ÉIRE ÓG have won the senior championship double after scoring 1-8 without reply to shake off the challenge of a gutsy St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield to win a fourth Clare SFC in five seasons.
*Éire Óg manager, Shane Daniels. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A FIVE-TIME Clare SFC winner as a player, Shane Daniels is bidding to win his first as manager this Sunday when Éire Óg take on neighbours St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield.
*Éire Óg’s Mark McInerney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. OFF THE back of his best year in saffron and blue, Mark McInerney is leading the charge with the red and white of Éire Óg as they look to move ahead of Kilrush Shamrocks on the Clare SFC roll of honour.
*Éire Óg’s Ikem Ugwueru. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHASING THAT winning feeling has Ikem Ugwueru primed for battle as Éire Óg look to win a fourth Clare SFC in five seasons.
*Éire Óg’s panel stand together for a minute’s silence for Bernard O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG senior football manager Shane Daniels dedicated their semi-final win to the O’Briens, a family deeply rooted in the club who are currently experiencing a great sense of loss.
*Éire Óg’s Gavin D’Auria. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SQUAD DEPTH has made Éire Óg’s footballers the envy of every other senior club in the county.
*Paul Madden. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE SENIOR FOOTBALL manager Paul Madden has finalised his management team.
*Éire Óg manager Shane Daniels. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG are not paying attention to their tag as overwhelming favourites to retain the Jack Daly.