*Brian Foudy of Inagh/Kilnamona under pressure from Darragh Dillon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill INAGH/KILNAMONA were left scarred following their defeat in the Clare Cup final but are doing their utmost to apply learnings from the loss in the TUS Clare SHC.
*Seán Rynne strikes the sliotar beyond Micheál Duffy. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. INAGH/KILNAMONA hit over thirty points on their way to collecting the spoils in their first ever North Clare derby with Corofin in the TUS Clare SHC.
*Inagh/Kilnamona captain, Aidan McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A STAR-studded Inagh/Kilnamona are wary that their first round derby with Corofin could take on “a life of its own”.
*Kevin Hehir is challenged by Páraic O’Loughlin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TWO of the leading contenders for the Canon Hamilton face off in the Clare Cup final this weekend.
*Robbie Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ROBBIE HOGAN has returned as manager of the Ballyea senior hurlers for the third time while former Clare manager Donal Moloney has taken charge of his native Scariff.
*A dejected Conner Hegarty. Photograph: Ruth Griffin EXPERIENCE gained from coming up short in the Clare SHC semi-finals following penalties “will be hopefully be invaluable” to Inagh/Kilnamona’s young guns.
*Eamonn Foudy saves David Reidy’s penalty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill INAGH/KILNAMONA produced ‘a total team effort’ to seal their place in the Clare SHC semi-finals for the first time since 2021.
David McNamara clashes with Aidan McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill INAGH/KILNAMONA ran out deserving victors against a previously unbeaten Éire Óg to progress to the last four of the TUS Clare SHC.
*Sean Rynne gets a strike away despite Paddy Donnellan’s attempts to block. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill INAGH/KILNAMONA are aiming to bring the form from their last two matches for their quarter-final showdown with Éire Óg this Saturday evening.
*Fred Hegarty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRITICISM over their first round loss to Scariff left a sense of hurt within the Inagh/Kilnamona senior hurling squad and management.