The Water Break: How Éire Óg painted the town of Ennis red with historic senior double
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin ÉIRE ÓG painted Ennis red when winning a first senior championship double in the county town since 1929.
St Josephs Doora/Barefield
Éire Óg win historic senior double
*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.
Eoghan hoping Thynne is now for Doora/Barefield to take senior honours
*Eoghan Thynne scores a goal for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in the first round. ST JOSEPH’S Doora/Barefield head into a first Clare SFC final in thirteen years as underdogs against champions Éire Óg but they will have no fear of taking down the holders according to one of their longest serving players.
Cruel injury blow for Colm & Doora/Barefield set to start Kelleher
*Colm Walsh O’Loghlen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ÉIRE ÓG’s Clare SFC title defence and Clare’s senior footballers have been dealt a blow with confirmation that talented forward Colm Walsh O’Loghlen has sustained a serious knee injury while Fionn Kelleher is expected to make his Doora/Barefield return in the county final.
O’Brien keeping a cool head as Doora/Barefield gear up for county final
*St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield defender, Conor O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. COOL HEADS are needed on the big days like county finals, St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield defender Conor O’Brien is always a calm figure within the dressing room, the approach is not just to help the team but also his health.
Raffertys preparing for finals on the double
*Joe & Mark Rafferty. WITHIN THE Rafferty household they have a county final involvement on the double.
Darragh determined to engineer Doora/Barefield’s senior breakthrough
*St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield captain, Darragh O’Shea. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BELIEF has been building within St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield having taken down two of Clare’s strongest sides, now they must overcome the best in the county to secure the ultimate honour.
Tom on top in Doora/Barefield triumph to take player of the week
*Tom Curran accepts his award from Martin Daly. IN HIS first start of the championship, Tom Curran made his mark for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield to scoop the Martin Daly Autos/The Clare Echo player of the week.
Emphatic victories as last four finalised in senior camogie championship
*Lorna McNamara of Feakle/Killanena blocks Kilkishen’s Katie Frost. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHAMPIONS Truagh/Clonlara will be joined by Scariff/Ogonnelloe, Inagh/Kilnamona and Feakle/Killanena in the semi-finals of the Clare Credit Unions senior camogie championship.
Delight for Donagh & Doora/Barefield with run to final ‘five hard years in the making’
*Samuel Costelloe of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. ST JOSEPH’S DOORA/BAREFIELD reaching the Clare SFC final for the first time since 2012 has been “five hard years in the making”.