*Pictured is well-known broadcaster Marie Crowe at Aviva Ireland’s new community garden which officially opened to the public. MARIE CROWE IS ONE OF the top voices and faces when it comes to sports broadcasting in Ireland presently but its her upbringing in Sixmilebridge that she credits for instilling her passion and love of the games.
*Davy Fitzgerald. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Sixmilebridge’s Davy Fitzgerald has called time on his five year tenure in charge of the Wexford senior hurlers.
THE Crowe family name has become synonymous with quality across the reaches of south east Clare for a number of years.
When Sixmilebridge claimed their first Clare SHC title in 1977, they were trained by Tim Crowe and defeated O’Callaghans Mills, as the two clubs meet in the county decider once again, Tim is back this time as manager while his son Timmy is one of their trainers.
Few can argue that Sixmilebridge were the top team of the decade just gone in Co Clare but one glaring statistic jumps out, their inability to complete back to back titles.
*Tim Crowe with his Cratloe supporting grand-children Iarla & Maeve Hawes. Photograph: Joe Buckley
Sixmilebridge’s Marie Crowe is now fronting a revamped ‘Game On’ alongside Ruby Walsh and Donncha O’Callaghan.
*Cllr Tom McNamara & Cllr John Crowe. Photograph: Eamon Ward It’s shaping up to a busy year for the Crowe family from Sixmilebridge in sport and politics, over the coming months John wants to see them soar.
*Niall Gilligan in action in the 2017 Clare SHC Final. Photograph: Martin Connolly Forty two year old Niall Gilligan will continue to line out with his club Sixmilebridge in 2019. Corner forward on the Clare senior hurling team that won the county’s third ever All-Ireland championship in 1997, twenty two years on Gilligan has committed …
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