Jack Sheedy under pressure from Kevin Hehir. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography BOUNCEBACKABILITY was the buzzword from a dejected Donie Garrihy in the aftermath of St Breckan’s exiting the Clare SFC.
*Photograph: John Mangan AN AMBULANCE was required at Cusack Park for the second week in a row, prompting calls for a stand-by presence to be in operation at the county grounds.
*Denis O’Callaghan pulls the jersey of David Fitzgerald. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ENNISTYMON emerged victorious in the North Clare derby to deny St Breckan’s an appearance in the Clare SFC semi-finals for the third successive season.
Keelan Sexton keeps Mike Brennan by his side. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ACTION is to heat up in the local gaelic football scene with quarter-final draws held for the Clare SFC, Junior A and B championships with the semi-final pairings known in the intermediate championship.
*St Breckan’s senior football manager, Donie Garrihy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill INTERMEDIATE WINNERS in 2019, St Breckan’s will line out in the quarter-finals of the Clare SFC for the third season on the trot later this month.
*Rowan Danaher impressed. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography St Breckan’s have sealed their place in the last eight of the Clare SFC.
A championship lifeline was much more valuable to St Breckan’s than mere North Clare derby bragging rights in Hennessy Memorial Park in Miltown Malbay on Saturday evening.
*Alan Sweeney moves the ball from defence as Niall McMahon closes in. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THEY MAY have been defeated in their opening encounter of the Clare SFC but St Breckan’s remain resolute in their quest to make a county final appearance.
*Captain Gavin Cooney was to the fore for Éire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill COUNTY CHAMPIONS Éire Óg have started the defence of the Jack Daly with a merited but hard-fought one point win over St Breckan’s.
Kilmihil native Declan Downes knows Clare adult football inside out. A member of Colm Collins’ Clare management team for the past number of years, he is well versed on what patrons can expect for the 2022 county senior championship which gets underway on Saturday.