Clondegad go top of Cusack Cup as Ennistymon & Doonbeg record first wins
*Joe Dowling kicked a vital score on his introduction for Ennistymon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SECOND ROUND ties in the Cusack Cup and Garry Cup took place in the weekend.
St Breckans
Kilmurry Ibrickane, Lissycasey & Clondegad commence Cusack Cup with wins
*Martin McMahon and Kilmurry Ibrickane began their campaign with a win. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The race for this season’s Cusack Cup got underway at the weekend when there were wins for Kilmurry Ibrickane, Clondegad and Lissycasey while last season’s finalists, St. Breckans, who are the holders of the title and Kildysart shared the spoils.
Dejected Donie hopeful St Breckan’s can bounce back
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.
Garvey calls for action as ambulance required at Cusack Park for second week in a row
*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.
Ennistymon beat North Clare rivals St Breckan’s to book semi-final spot
*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.
Clare SFC quarter-final draw reignites rivalries
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 finding their feet in senior championship after emerging from ‘long grass of Ennistymon’
*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.
Breckan’s battle into Clare SFC quarter-finals
*Rowan Danaher impressed. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography St Breckan’s have sealed their place in the last eight of the Clare SFC.
McGann the man with North Clare derby plan
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.
Defeat has not diluted St Breckan’s championship ambitions
*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.
